Red Wave​

Red Wave​

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Release Date

9/11/2026

Runtime

65 mins

Overview

In 1948, a red wave rose. From Yeosu to Busan, the filmmaker traces lives and memories layered along the sea. The Yeosu-Suncheon Incident erupted when soldiers stationed in Yeosu refused orders to suppress the Jeju 4·3 uprising, and many civilians were killed during the Rhee Syngman government's crackdown. After the Korean War began, the government branded National Guidance Alliance members as communists and carried out massacres nationwide. Beyond the killing sites in both cities lies the sea, along which state violence flowed from Yeosu to Busan.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

-

Revenue

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A haunting meditation on the layered trauma of state violence, told through traces of memory and geography. The filmmaker moves through the landscape itself as witness, letting silence and water carry the weight of what was lost.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeMournful

Themes

WarJusticeMemoryMortalityPower

Tone

Matter-of-fact

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Documentary-likePainterly

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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