군함도
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 군함도
- Title Romanization
- Gunhamdo
- English Title (Printed)
- -
- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
- Author
- Han Soosan
- Co-Author
- -
- Published Year
- 2016
- Publisher
- -
- ISBN
- 9788936435875
- Main Characters
- Seo-hyeong, Ji-sang, Woo-seok, Myeong-guk
- Subject/Theme
- Japan’s forced labor of Koreans on Hashima Island, bombing of Nagasaki
During the Japanese colonial period, Ji-sang volunteers to join Japan's forced labor unit on behalf of his elder brother. There, he runs into Woo-seok, a friend from high school, and they work and live in the Hashima Branch of the Takashima Coal Mine owned by Mitsubishi Mining Co. Working in a harsh environment where people are dying of restless labor, Ji-sang hears that his wife, Seo-hyeong, has given birth to a son. Ji-sang plots an escape with his roommate Myeong-guk.