Person1902 – 1937
Na Un-gyu
Filmmaker who wrote, directed and starred in the silent film "Arirang" (1926)
From Hoeryong in North Hamgyeong, he was imprisoned for his links with an independence group. In the 1926 film Arirang he played Yeong-jin, a young man who had lost his reason, portraying colonial reality and the nation's anger; the film was a great success and its theme song Arirang was sung everywhere. He went on to make films such as Samnyong the Mute.