Korean filmmaker Choo Chang-min’s political courtroom drama “The Land of Happiness” opens with a recreation of then President Park Chung-hee’s assassination in October 1979, a watershed moment in modern Korean history. Rather than simply recounting well-known facts, the film presents a more nuanced perspective by exploring the internal struggle of Army Col. Park Tae-joo (Lee […]
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