Blue Swallow

Park Kyung-won has wanted to fly since she was small. When she is old enough she makes a decision. She goes to Japan to learn to fly. Korea is under Japanese occupation at the time. Finding training and money does not come easily. Even so she makes her way. She becomes one of Korea’s first women civil pilots. She gives her aircraft the name Blue Swallow. The film tells her life along that road. It also shows the obstacles before her and the compromises she made. Kyung-won’s legacy is contested in Korea. The film drew criticism on release because of it. Jang Jin-young and Kim Joo-hyuk take the leads in Yoon Jong-chan’s Korean film of 2005.