국가의 프레임으로 구획된 베트남전쟁 - 국립영화제작소와 국군영화제작소의 베트남전쟁 영화를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper examines the Vietnam War—the “forgotten war” in Korea. Focusing on “war films” produced by the National Film Production Center and the ROK Army Motion Picture Production Center during the period the Korean army participated in the Vietnam War, this paper aims to explore the context in which the aforementioned films were produced and consumed. By examining the documentary films and culture films about the Vietnam War, which had not been discussed in the history of Korean films, as well as the history and the activities of the ROK Army Motion Picture Production Center, this article studies the way in which films and wars are linked to each other. To this end, mainly four films are analyzed in this paper: “Vietnam is Alright (Wǒlnam chǒnsǒn isang ǒpda),” a film that brought the Vietnam War into the field of feature-length “commercial” culture films; “Vietnam War Front (Wǒlnam chǒnsǒn),” a film produced by the National Film Production Center that was filmed as a newsreel, edited as a culture film, and distributed as a war film; “Crusade of Liberty (Chayu-ǔi sipjagun),” a film produce by the ROK Army Motion Picture Production Center, which concluded the Vietnam War as Yusin Reforms; and “The Goboi Bridge (Koboi kang-ǔi dari),” a film produced as a “patriotic fiction film,” which posed in-depth questions about the role of the ROK army in the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of the films, this paper captures the contemporary significance of dispatching Korean troops to Vietnam from 1966 to 1973 and the cinematic moments that questioned such action.