In response to a high volume of requests made by Korean film fans in HOBART, Tasmania, the Korean Cultural Centre Australia (KCCAU) is to bring one of the most popular films screened at the Korean Film Festival in Australia, MALMOE: The Secret Mission to Hobart on 24th September at 3pm. 

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TIME & DATE: 24 Sep, 3pm 

VENUE: Cinema 4, Village Cinema Hobart 

FILM TITLE: MALMOE: The Secret Mission

CAST: YOO Hai-jin, YOON Kye-sang

GENRE: Drama 

In 1941, when the use of the Japanese language in Joseon was forced during the colonial rule era, Kim Pan-su gets a job running errands at the Korean Language Society despite being illiterate. After learning to read and write Korean by chance, Pan-su sees the dedication and passion of Jung-hwan and the other members in writing the 16,000+ Korean-language manuscripts. Gradually, Pan-su realizes that recording and preserving the Korean language is a crucial means to obtaining independence. Later, Pan-su helps Jung-hwan hold a public meeting with Korean language teachers to select words to be included in the ‘MAL-MO-E’ dictionary. Meanwhile, the Japanese’ investigation closes in on them!

*FREE, Online BOOKING essential. 

*Find out more: https://www.koreanculture.org.au/korean-film-festival-in-australia-touring-program-hobart/