The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again


The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again was a popular South Korean novel by Kim Jin-myung written in 1993, and No.1 bestseller for several weeks in 1994 which extolls pan-Korean nationalism.

Plot

The story was set in the present and revolved around a South Korean scientist who secretly helps North Korea develop nuclear weapons which are then used to ward off Japanese aggression.

Novel

Kim Jin - myung 's novel, "The Rose of Sharon Blooms Again" in 1993, appeared a physicist who was killed by a duke of a powerful country in developing a nuclear weapon for the Republic of Korea. He writes that a novel physicist is a model of "Lee Hwiso" and that the story of the word is based on the Kong seokha's novel "Nuclear Physicist Words". This book sold more than three million copies and became a bestseller.

Film

The film version opened on 20 May 1995. Director was Jung Jin-woo and the actors included Jeong Bo-seok, Hwang Shin-hye, Jeon Bok-yeon, Lee Deok-hwa and Park Geun-hyung.