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Blue Swallow | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 청연 |
Hanja | 靑燕 |
Revised Romanization | Cheongyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏngyŏn |
Directed by | Yoon Jong-chan |
Written by | Yoon Jong-chan Lee In-hwa |
Based on | Life of Park Kyung-won |
Produced by | Kim Jae-young Yang Guk-seok |
Starring | Jang Jin-young Kim Joo-hyuk |
Cinematography | Yoon Hong-sik |
Edited by | Hahm Sung-won Kim Hyeong-ju |
Music by | Michael Staudacher |
Distributed by | Korea Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Japanese |
Budget | ₩9.5 billion |
Box office | US$3,054,367 |
Blue Swallow is a 2005 South Korean film based on the true story of Park Kyung-won, an early Korean female pilot.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film became controversial when Park's alleged pro-Japanese activities came to light. It was also found that she was not, as the filmmakers had thought, the first female pilot from Korea; this distinction in fact belonged to Kwon Ki-ok of the Republic of China Air Force.[7] Despite excellent reviews and Park's biographer pointing out factual errors in these accusations, it resulted in the under-performance of Blue Swallow at the box office.[8][9]