The Han River

The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son Park Noin Yoon Bongchun is a boatman who believes in his profession He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son Lee Geumryong But he doesnt want to be a boatman When his fathers compulsion grows stronger one night he goes out alone to the riverside caresses the oar stained by his fathers hands and then abruptly leaves