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A scene from "The DMZ"


Cinematheque KOFA is hosting a showcase of films about the Korean War (1950-53) in time for the 60th anniversary of the conflict’s outbreak on June 25.

A total of 17 works, from black-and-white 1950s films to modern action blockbusters, will be screened for free in the Sangam-dong theater in western Seoul through June 30.

A drama by Lee Kang-cheon, released in 1955 two years after the war came to an end, delves into the nature of human instincts and the destructive side of human desire when the two main characters, a North Korean partisan and North Korean soldier, are placed under extreme circumstances.