Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
동주 (original)
Based on the life and work of Korea’s renowned poet, Yun Dong Ju. Dong Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and detained for having participated in the Korean Independence Movement. Known to have created hundreds of poems during his time in jail where he spent the last two years of his life, Dong Ju passed away at the young age of 27. Although it has not been proven, some believe he died due to medical experiments that were performed on his living body.
Starring Kang Ha-neul, Park Jeong-min, Kim In-woo, Choi Hong-il, Kim Jung-pal, Choi Hee-seo, Shin Yoon-ju, Kim Ooh-jin, Min Jin-woong, Park Myung-shin
Watch "Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet" from streaming services Vudu, Amazon, Shoutfactorytv (Prime) and several more released in 2016. It's a drama and history movie, and has a rating of 7.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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