Actor Song Hyekyo and Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women's University, continued a meaningful project again this year to mark the March 1st Movement. This time they produced a multilingual video about the life of female independence activist Nam Ja-hyeon and released it domestically and abroad. For 15 years Song Hyekyo has consistently exerted a positive influence.
Professor Seo said on SNS on the 1st, "I personally planned the 4-minute video, and Song Hyekyo funded the production," and "it is being distributed worldwide with Korean and English narration."
The video depicts how Nam Ja-hyeon participated in the March 1st Movement, then at age 47 fled to Manchuria and threw herself into the independence movement, showing her major activities. It focuses on episodes such as writing a blood pledge for the unity of independence groups and the incident in which she cut her forearm and sent a 'Joseon Independence Foundation' blood pledge to the League of Nations when Japan established a puppet state in Manchuria.
Nam Ja-hyeon was active in the Seoro Military Government Office, combining education, women's enlightenment and armed struggle, and devoted most of her life to the independence movement, including serving time in prison after participating in a plot to assassinate Governor-General Saito. She is also known as the real-life inspiration for An Ok-yoon, played by Jun Ji-hyun in the film "Assassination."
The video released by Professor Seo and Song Hyekyo is the sixth in the series of female independence activists, following Jeong Jeong-hwa, Yun Hee-sun, Kim Maria, Park Cha-jeong and Kim Hyang-hwa. It is spreading through YouTube, SNS and overseas Korean communities, focusing on informing the world about the lives of lesser-known figures.
Their collaboration is not one-off. Over the past 15 years they have donated Korean-language guides, Hangul signs and relief works of independence activists to 37 overseas independence movement sites. They continue the "remembering project" by producing new content for each anniversary. In particular, it is not a one-time donation but a structure that creates historical significance as content and spreads it continuously.
Above all, Song Hyekyo clearly shows that a top star's name value can create educational effects beyond simple promotion. Her long-standing quiet support of history is receiving renewed attention as much as her glamorous body of work. Responses say that the value of a top star's influence depends on how it is used, and Song Hyekyo's course is exerting a positive influence.
[Photo] "SNS"
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