Modern Boy
Modern Boy
In 1930s colonial Gyeongseong, Lee Hae-myeong lives a free-spirited life and falls for dance hall singer Jo Nan-sil. When Nan-sil disappears with his property, Hae-myeong sets out to find her and pursue the relationship he had believed in.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Inspired reconstruction
The work uses 1930s Gyeongseong under Japanese colonial rule as its actual historical setting, while its central characters and core narrative form a fictional story based on a novel.
Japanese colonial rule
The period of Japanese Empire colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 8
Fact / Fiction verification
8 recordsThe official English title of Modern Boy is Modern Boy, and it is a 2008 film directed by Jeong Ji-woo.
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- The English title and production information can be confirmed in the KOFIC film database.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
Modern Boy is a film adaptation of a novel.
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- KOFIC materials describe the work as a period drama based on a novel.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court DateKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Gyeongseong in the 1930s, the film’s primary historical setting, was under Japanese colonial rule.
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- The story takes place in Gyeongseong in the 1930s.
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- Japanese colonial rule was an actual historical period from 1910 to 1945.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
Lee Hae-myeong and Jo Nan-sil are fictional protagonists in a work based on a novel by Lee Ji-min, and are characters set in colonial Gyeongseong in the 1930s.
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- On screen
- The relationship between the two characters is central to the narrative.
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- The major official sources reviewed so far do not identify the two characters as specific real people.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
The work’s basis in reality lies in its use of colonial Gyeongseong as a historical setting rather than in its reenactment of a specific true event.
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- The work is set in an actual historical period, but its central plot is fictional.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
The work’s basic production year and title information are cross-checked against film databases.
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- The work’s identifying information is compared against independent sources.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- KIM Hye-soo filmography - Modern BoyKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court DateKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Actual events and people drawn on by the work are not treated as being at the same level of factuality as dramatic reconstructions.
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- The basis in events and adaptations at the scene level must be assessed separately.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- KIM Hye-soo filmography - Modern BoyKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court DateKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Even for a character based on a real person, dialogue and private relationships are not established as fact without separate evidence.
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- A person’s real-life existence and the factuality of their actions in the work are distinguished.
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- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- KIM Hye-soo filmography - Modern BoyKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court DateKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
이해명
Fictional character조난실
Fictional characterSources used
- Modern Boy (2008)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Korean SILENT WITNESS Remake Sets Court DateKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- KIM Hye-soo filmography - Modern BoyKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →