REMEMBERING 1950
a film by Kunru SONG
Remembering 1950 is a documentary film about China’s Korean War veterans, known as the People‘s Volunteer Army. The film visited more than 30 veterans with an average age of 88 years old. 71 years ago, while still in their teenage years, they were equipped with weapons and went of to war.
These veterans were in different units and departments. Among them are scouts, radio operators, drivers, gunners, nurses and many more. For the first time, these unforget able firsthand accounts being documented on camera.
What made those young people sign up for battle? How did they survive the war? What were their fears, their regrets? Through harrowing interviews with these veterans, we revisit – and experience – the brutality, horror and devastation of the Korean War.
Kunru SONG – Director, Writer
Director‘s Statement
In 2014, Korea returned 437bodies to China -the bodies of soldiers in China’s People‘s Volunteer Army. This was but the first batch of many. After over 60years, these fallen heroes finally have returned home, after set ing out to the battlefields of the Korean War 71 years ago.
Some returned, and some remained there forever.
Remembering 1950 provides a new perspective on the War, focusing on these now 90-year-old veterans, who were just ordinary young people when they participated in the Korean War 71 years ago.
Where were those young people from? What made them sign up for battle? How did they survive in the war? What were their fears? Their regrets? Through harrowing interviews with these veterans, we revisit – and experience – the brutality, horror and devastation of the Korean War.
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