After the release of director Lee Hae-young's spy action movie 'Ghost', interest is focused on the true identity of the 'black group', the anti-Japanese organization to which the ghost in the film belongs.
The beginning of 'Ghost' is an urgent news bulletin announcing an assassination attempt targeting the next Governor-General of Joseon at the Shanghai Yuksamjeong. The true identity of the 'ghost', a spy planted in various places by the anti-Japanese terrorist group 'Black Group', was also introduced through the news, marking the beginning of the full-fledged story.
Although 'Ghost' was born from cinematic imagination, the 'Shanghai Six-Three-Jeong Incident' and the anti-Japanese organization mentioned in the news were taken from the real-life 'Black Terror Group', providing a realistic motif for the movie 'Ghost'.
The 'Black Terror Group', from which the 'Black Terror Group' borrowed its name, has its roots in the Namhwa Korean Youth Federation, which was founded under the influence of Lee Hoe-young, a representative independence activist who was a founding member of Shinminhoe and also founded Shinheung Military Academy. In 1931, this group formed a coalition called the 'Anti-Japanese National Salvation League' in solidarity with Chinese and Japanese anarchists. The 'Black Terror Group' was an action unit within the Anti-Japanese National Salvation League, and its mission was to destroy Japanese-related facilities and assassinate them.
In 'Ghost', the reason why the next Governor-General of Joseon is first targeted for assassination in Shanghai before taking up his post in Gyeongseong is also a setting that reflects the fact that the 'Black Terror Group' is a group that was active internationally. Among the activities of the 'Black Terror Group', the one that remains most clearly in history is the 'Shanghai Yuksamjeong Rebellion' in 1933, which provided the motif for the 'Ghost' operation taking place in Gyeongseong in 1933.
He attempted to blow up the Japanese ambassador to China and Japanese military officers who were having a banquet at the French Concession restaurant in Shanghai, and although he failed, he left a mark in the history of the anti-Japanese movement for his boldness and scale. . In the movie 'Ghost', 'Ghost', a member of the Black Brigade, shoots the Governor-General and the Chief of Political Affairs at the same time at a banquet hall where key figures within the Governor-General of Joseon gather together, which is also in line with the 'Shanghai Yuksamjeong Incident'.
Based on the roots of 'Ghost', which combines the suspense of the espionage genre and exciting action, the story of the 'Black Terror Group', an actual anti-Japanese group that risked death in real history, and the brave members who chose direct action among the various paths of the independence movement. It's like there was an existence. The existence of those who were ahead of their time provided a sense of reality to the courageous imagination that created the colorful characters and stories of 'Ghost'.
Choi Ji-ye, Ten Asia Reporter wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr