Moon Ye-bong | |
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문예봉/文藝峰 | |
![]() Moon Ye-bong in 1932. | |
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Died | March 26, 1999 | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actress |
Moon Ye-bong ( Korean: 문예봉, Hanja: 文藝峰; January 3, 1917–March 26, 1999) was a North Korean actress.
Her career began on the stage as an early teen, and by the early 1930s, she appeared in her first film: A Ferry Boat That Has No Owner (1932). [1]:352 Moon Ye-Bong was widely seen as representative of the "New Woman," or of modern Korean women. [2] By the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of the most popular actresses in Korea. [3]
She starred in many pro-Japanese films during the Japanese occupation of Korea. [1] In 1941, she starred in the Korean-made, Korean-language film Angels without a Home, which was about Korean street children; despite the fact that the Japanese occupiers had outlawed as a language of instruction except in primary schools, was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education and shown widely in Japan. [4]
She migrated to North Korea in 1948. [1]:349 Moon Ye-Bong was in the second film ever made in North Korea, The Blast Furnace. [5] She starred in the 1954 film A Partisan Maiden as a communist guerilla fighting the Americans during the Korean War. [1]:350
While she received awards from the North Korean government during the 1950s, she fell victim to the political purges of 1969; in 1980, she was rehabilitated and named a "people's actress." [1]:352
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Moon Ye-bong | |
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문예봉/文藝峰 | |
![]() Moon Ye-bong in 1932. | |
Born | |
Died | March 26, 1999 | (aged 82)
Occupation | Actress |
Moon Ye-bong ( Korean: 문예봉, Hanja: 文藝峰; January 3, 1917–March 26, 1999) was a North Korean actress.
Her career began on the stage as an early teen, and by the early 1930s, she appeared in her first film: A Ferry Boat That Has No Owner (1932). [1]:352 Moon Ye-Bong was widely seen as representative of the "New Woman," or of modern Korean women. [2] By the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of the most popular actresses in Korea. [3]
She starred in many pro-Japanese films during the Japanese occupation of Korea. [1] In 1941, she starred in the Korean-made, Korean-language film Angels without a Home, which was about Korean street children; despite the fact that the Japanese occupiers had outlawed as a language of instruction except in primary schools, was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education and shown widely in Japan. [4]
She migrated to North Korea in 1948. [1]:349 Moon Ye-Bong was in the second film ever made in North Korea, The Blast Furnace. [5] She starred in the 1954 film A Partisan Maiden as a communist guerilla fighting the Americans during the Korean War. [1]:350
While she received awards from the North Korean government during the 1950s, she fell victim to the political purges of 1969; in 1980, she was rehabilitated and named a "people's actress." [1]:352
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