Some newspapers took issue with how the film portrayed partisans not as a ruthless rebel group but as individuals experiencing personal conflict, and the screening of the film was banned for the film’s violation of the Anti-communism Law. The censors found the final scene especially problematic, citing that it was unclear whether Aeran, who walks out alone onto the beach, does so to seek freedom. Pursuing them. The film was deemed to have brought humanism to the fore by author Choi Jeong-hui and other writers and critics. There was heated controversy over whether or not the film was pro-communist as the film highlighted the human and personal side of the partisans rather than the heroism of the government forces. Lee Kang-cheon’s Piagol (1955) is about North Korean sympathizers (commonly referred to as “partisans” in Korea) that set up camp in Mount Jiri after the Korean War and their guerrilla activities.
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