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The First Responders
Adventure
True Story
Disaster
- CountryKorea
- Production Year2024
- Running Time114min
- FormatDCP
- ColorColor
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Program Note
Director Ryu Hyung-seok, who served as a conscripted firefighter during his mandatory military service, made a documentary about firefighters. Responding to calls from those on the edge of life and death, these modern-day heroes at the Yangsan Firestation and Ulsan Fire Headquarters are the focus of The First Responders. Without voiceover narration or interview shots, the film captures not only the team’s work and daily lives, but also their inner darkness, desires, and the difficult fate inherent in their profession. Here, the camera is not simply a tool for recording but is one of them, acting as their eyes. “Just strip away all emotion and focus on what you need to do,” one firefighter says, and the documentary mirrors this approach, moving steadily forward without being swept up by emotional waves. Yet the film inevitably reaches heart-warming moments. This documentary offers an exceptionally humanistic insight into the profession. (KANG Sowon)
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RYU Hyung-seok
Ryu studied film at Sungkyunkwan University and the Korea National University of Arts. His first feature film, The Evanescent Relief (2018), won the Audience Award and the Beautiful Goose Award at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival. His second feature film, Corydoras (2021), was invited to the Jeonju International Film Festival and the Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival, and it won the Grand Prize at the Persons with Disabilities Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at the Beautiful Hapcheon Independent Film Festival.
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Credit
- DirectorRYU Hyung-seok
- CastMin-seok SHIN
Woo-taek OH
Chae-heon LEE
Hye-jin CHEON - ProducerIl-kwon KIM
- CinematographyHyung-seok RYU
Han-bul KO - Assistant DirectorJi-hoon HWANG
- EditorHyung-seok RYU
- MusicSoo-hyun JANG
- Production CompanyCinema DAL
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