Obaltan - Aimless Bullet - Stray Bullet (1961) BluRay 720p

Obaltan (Korean: 오발탄, also known as Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet) is a 1960 South Korean tragedy film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. The plot is based on the novella of the same name by Yi Beomseon. It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made. Plot The film depicts Cheolho, an accountant who lives a hard life in post-war South Korea. He supports his pregnant wife, his younger sister Myeongsuk who is now a prostitute for American soldiers, his war veteran younger brother Yeongho, and his mother suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder constantly screaming "Let's get out of here!". Cheolho suffers from a toothache but refuses to go to the dentist, despite his brother urging that keeping the toothache is a much worse problem than paying the dentist. Myeongsuk’s former fiancé is also a war veteran, but he was crippled and now needs crutches to walk. He breaks off the engagement, believing he will only be a burden. Yeongho befriends an actress, Miri. Miri aims to help Yeongho get a job by making him an actor in a film project. While reading his lines for the film's script, Yeongho realizes that his character is being judged for his wounded appearance and he was chosen for the scars he received from the Korean War. Choosing dignity over a rare chance to earn money, Yeongho quits the film, though he later reconsiders and wonders if he was too rash to leave such a promising job. He later meets Seol-hui, a former nurse during the Korean War who had tend to him in the hospital. They confess their love for each other, however, Seol-hui is later killed in a murder-suicide by her neighbor, who had been obsessed over Seol-hui. Seeing her with Yeongho drove him mad with jealousy, leading him to push her off the top of the apartment building they lived in before joining her himself. The last, climactic part of the film portrays the brother, Yeongho, robbing a bank using a gun he secretly stole from Seol-hui. After being caught by the police, Yeongho gives up the