Tokto Dispute to Be Made Into Feature Film
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By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter
A 1953 incident that took place at Tokto Islets, which has been at the center of territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan, will be made into a feature film.
The companies Gamja Pictures and Generation Blue Film will co-produce the movie, tentatively titled "Tokto Subidae (Tokto Defense Force)." Set at the end of the Korean War when the leadership of the nation was in a state of confusion, the film will tell of how a group of citizens living in the nearby Ullung Island organized and kept Japan from taking over The Islets by force.
The film will "be similar to films like 'Silmido' and 'Taegukgi' in that it will depict a real situation," Generation Blue said through a news release. "And at the same time the film will show that the past is something that's not only in the past. It is also a story that's taking place at present."
The controversy over South Korea's Tokto islets, which are located in the East Sea, has not abated since the 1950s. Most recently, a group of Japanese rightist activists illegally sailed towards Tokto before being dissuaded earlier this month. Since 1954, South Korea has stationed its coast guard there as a symbol of the nation's ownership.
The film is scheduled to begin filming early next year and will be released on Aug. 15, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the nation's independence.
Staff Reporter
A 1953 incident that took place at Tokto Islets, which has been at the center of territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan, will be made into a feature film.
The companies Gamja Pictures and Generation Blue Film will co-produce the movie, tentatively titled "Tokto Subidae (Tokto Defense Force)." Set at the end of the Korean War when the leadership of the nation was in a state of confusion, the film will tell of how a group of citizens living in the nearby Ullung Island organized and kept Japan from taking over The Islets by force.
The film will "be similar to films like 'Silmido' and 'Taegukgi' in that it will depict a real situation," Generation Blue said through a news release. "And at the same time the film will show that the past is something that's not only in the past. It is also a story that's taking place at present."
The controversy over South Korea's Tokto islets, which are located in the East Sea, has not abated since the 1950s. Most recently, a group of Japanese rightist activists illegally sailed towards Tokto before being dissuaded earlier this month. Since 1954, South Korea has stationed its coast guard there as a symbol of the nation's ownership.
The film is scheduled to begin filming early next year and will be released on Aug. 15, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the nation's independence.
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