[New Documentary] "Poliboy"

Korean documentary "Poliboy" added to HanCinema database

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"Poliboy" (2024)

Directed by Kim Dae-hyeon

Synopsis
In the spring of 1987, a 14-year-old boy named Song Gwi-cheol suddenly appeared at Korea University.

The boy, who ran away from his father's drunken violence in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, wandered around Cheongnyangni Station and met a student activist from Korea University who was wanted by the police. They spent the night together at a late-night comic book store.

The next morning, the wanted student, unable to take care of the runaway boy, brought him to Korea University. The boy lived in the student council room of Jeonggyeong University and earned the nickname Jeongdol. He felt a warm sense of family from his older brothers and sisters from the student activists and settled down at Korea University. The question he heard from his older brothers and sisters several times a day was, "Have you eaten, Jeongdol?" Jeongdol, who never refused food, sometimes ate six meals.

April 1987, when Jeongdol came to Korea University, was a time when the university was beginning to be engulfed in turmoil due to Chun Doo-hwan's "April 13 Constitutional Amendment" measures. In June, Poliboy followed his older brothers and sisters and participated in the June Struggle. He did not simply participate, but became a member of the activist group to the extent of participating in the Guro District Office struggle related to the vote counting fraud in the December 1987 presidential election.

Poliboy met with various older brothers as well as activists and discovered that he had talent for the janggu. After that, Poliboy became a member of the Korea University Nongak Band, participated in performances, and stood in front of the protesters holding drums. This became the opportunity for Poliboy to practice the janggu, and later Poliboy became a janggu master.

At one time, the Seongbuk Police Station detectives said, "If we catch Poliboy, we can grasp the entire Korea University activist group"."What kind of life did Poliboy live? Let's go back to the spring of 1987.

Release date in Korea : 2025/02