Obaltan (The Stray Bullet) March 28, 2004

Speaker: Kelly Jeong, Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, English

Obaltan, a classic of Korean cinema, depicts the life of a public accountant, who struggles with money and the social upheavals of a changing society. Burdened with the responsibility of supporting a mentally troubled mother, malnourished pregnant wife, troublesome younger brother and a sister who is prostituting herself to American soldiers, he cannot even afford to visit the dentist and find a cure for his constant toothache. (Korea, 1961, 105 minutes).