Serve the People

Serve the People is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama film, written and directed by Jang Cheol-soo and starring Yeon Woo-jin, Ji An (지안), Jo Sung-ha and Kim Ji-chul. Based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Yan Lianke, it depicts a romance between Mu Gwang, a model soldier, and Su-ryun, the young wife of the division commander and the inner conflicts of Mu Gwang. The film set in a fictional socialist country much similar to North Korea in the 1970s, was released theatrically on February 23, 2022 in South Korea. Synopsis Explaining the meaning of title the director of the film said, "The supreme leader has given the soldier the duty written on the sign to serve the people, and the ear of barley engraved next to it symbolizes a bountiful harvest and the red star symbolizes a brilliant future. The division commander values this sign more than life. And he said the same to Mu-gwang, the first to go to work. Su-ryun uses this sign to create rifts and widen the gaps. The language of revolution is replaced by the language of desire. It becomes a medium of love." Cast Yeon Woo-jin as Mu-gwang Ji An as Soo-ryeon Jo Sung-ha as Division commander Kim Ji-chul as Company commander Park Jung-eon as Instructor's wife Woo Ju-bin as Veteran soldier Han Min-yeop as Driver Jang Hae-min as Mu-gwang's wife Han Il-gyu as battalion commander Production In July 2013, the film was planned based on the novel Serve the People! by the Chinese novelist Yan Lianke. Director Jang Cheol-soo was assigned direction of the film and Yeon Woo-jin was offered the lead role of a soldier, who while struggling between class differences and sexual desire, succumbs to the temptation of his boss's wife.