Korea (1996)
1h 27m
Running Time
January 5, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Nothing's fair in love and war. Based on short story by John McGahern. A powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. It is set in rural Ireland during the 1950’s, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received on Luke’s death. John Doyle hears the rumours but remains silent. Ben Moran is John’s arch-enemy, a feud traced back to the Civil War. Eamon comforts and falls in love with Una Moran. His father feeling betrayed, blames Ben Moran for everything and is prepared to sacrifice Eamon in seeking vengeance as a contemporary Romeo and Juliet story unfolds.
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Cast & Crew.
Donal Donnelly
John Doyle
Andrew Scott
Eamon Doyle
Fiona Molony
Una Moran
Elleen Ward
Mrs. Moran
Vass Anderson
Ben Moran
Cathal Black
Director
Pat Fitzpatrick
Mick Farrell
John McGahern
Writer
Christopher Callery
Barman
Sadie Maguire
Mrs. Maguire
Joe O'Byrne
Writer
Darryl Collins
Producer
Peter MacNamee
Postman
Stephen McKeon
Composer
Gus Ward
Doctor Whelan
Nic Morris
Cinematographer
Nic Morris
Cinematographer
Stephen Holland
Luke Moran
Siobhán Dooney
Mary Doyle
Bill Hickey
Priest
Cathal Farrelly
American attache
Gary Reillly
1st Altar boy
Charles McGuinness
2nd Altar boy
Franci Smith
Veteran
Dan Moynihan
Veteran
Mick O'Brien
Veteran
Catriona Canavan
Sean nós singer
Tommy McArdle
1st Farmer
Hugh B. O'Brien
2nd Farmer
Jim Wilkinson
Ticket Agent
Michael Thornton
ESB Speaker
Barry Julien
Principal
Emer Reynolds
Editor
Tommy Collins
Co-Producer
Jo Homewood
Production Manager
Dermot Diskin
Assistant Editor
Ned McLoughlin
Production Designer
Mark Lowry
Art Direction
Brendan Rankin
Art Direction
Brendan Campbell
Sound Recordist
Maurice Foley
Special Effects Supervisor
David Grennan
Clapper Loader
Pamela Smyth
Makeup Artist
Carol Moorhead
Production Coordinator
Davey Logan
Grip
Carol Betera
Costume Designer
Denis Mortell
Still Photographer
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Korea is a 1995 Irish feature film directed by Cathal Black and produced by Darryl Collins based on a short story by John McGahern. In 1996 Korea won the Asta Nielsen Best Film Award at the Copenhagen Film Festival and was runner-up for the Audience Prize at the Seattle Film Festival.