Our Twisted Hero (film)

Our Twisted Hero is a 1992 South Korean film directed by Park Jong-won. It was chosen as Best Film at the Chunsa Film Art Awards. It is based on the short novel Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol.

Synopsis
A man traveling to the funeral of his fifth-grade teacher recalls his life at the time. As a city boy transferred to a country school, he encountered an unexpectedly old-fashioned hierarchical bullying system. When he tried to create a rebellion against the system, both those oppressed by it and the teachers and parents opposed him. When change finally came to the school, it was in an equally harsh form.

Cast

 * Hong Kyung-in: Eom Seok-dae
 * Go Jeong-il: Han Byeong-tae
 * Choi Min-sik: Teacher Kim
 * Shin Goo: Teacher Choi
 * Shin Cheol-jin: Kim Young-pal
 * Lee Jin-seon: Woman teacher
 * U Sang-jeon: Byeong-tae's father
 * Kim Hye-ok: Byeong-tae's mother
 * Jeong Un-bong: Kyo-gam
 * Park Kwang-jin: Old teacher

Contemporary reviews

 * "「우리들의 일그러진 영웅」/한국영화 첫 아랍수출" (1992-09-28). Kukmin Ilbo