Obaltan

Obaltan
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
오발탄
Hanja
誤發彈
Revised RomanizationObaltan
McCune–ReischauerObalt'an
Directed byYu Hyun-mok
Written byLee Beom-seon
Produced byKim Seong-chun
StarringChoi Moo-ryong
Kim Jin-kyu
Moon Jeong-suk
CinematographyKim Hak-seong
Edited byKim Hui-su
Distributed byCinema Epoch
Release date
  • April 13, 1961 (1961-04-13)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Obaltan (Korean오발탄; also known as Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet) is a 1961 South Korean tragedy film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. The plot is based on the novella of the same name by Yi Beomseon. It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made.[1][2]

  1. ^ Min, Eungjun; Joo Jinsook; Kwak HanJu (2003). Korean Film : History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. pp. 41, 46. ISBN 0-275-95811-6.
  2. ^ "THE AIMLESS BULLET to be Digitally Restored".