The myth of Kim Doo-han, which re-emerged as "The Age of Wild Men," and Kim Doo-han, how far is true, are the talk of the town again. This is because of Seoul Broadcasting's Monday-Tuesday drama "The Age of Wild Men," which began airing in late July (directed by Jang Hyung-il, scripted by Lee Kyung-eun). Nowadays, there are also rumors among middle and high school men that if they don't know "Gintdokkang" (Kim Doo-han's Japanese name), they can't join the conversation. This phenomenon is reminiscent of 10 years ago when the movie "The Son of the General" (Director Lim Kwon-taek) was released. The action movie, which deals with Kim Doo-han's life story, set a phenomenal box office record (670,000 people in Seoul) at the time. Then, was Kim Doo-han really a loyalist and a thorough nationalist, as depicted in movies and dramas? Let's dig into the fiction and truth of "Kim Doo-han Myth." Kim Doo-han was a romantic gang member, but Kim Doo-han, who conquered the world of fists in the back alley of Jongno-tong at the age of 18, claimed to be a gang member and used to call it the era of gang members. So what does it mean to be a gangster? Legendary gangster Yoo Ji-kwang, who played during the Liberal Party era, classified the collaborators as "sympathetic gangsters" by distinguishing them from gangsters (players and eaters), shoulders (violent before being united into a group), and Parakho (unwilled and violent). After the Korean War, the term gangster appeared collectively. Yoo Ji-kwang defined "an illegal group that formed a gang using violence as a means to achieve economic goals" as gangsters. Then, was Kim Doo-han a "romantic gangster" who had nothing to do with such a gangster? It is clear that Kim Doo-han was such a sympathetic gangster that even strangers could not overlook being in a pitiful situation. However, organized crime researchers cite Kim Doo-han as the founder of Korean organized gangsters regardless of his personal preference. Kim Doo-han is said to be the first gangster in the modern sense to have strict hierarchical order and internal discipline. In particular, political contract violence and economic interest intervention led by Kim Doo-han after liberation became the prototype of the activities of later organizational gangs. Was Kim Doo-han an anti-Japanese fighter? In the drama "Rustic Era," the underworld boss Ssangkal persuades Kim Doo-han to leave for Manchuria and dissuades him. "It's an independence movement to fight with guns, but it's also an independence movement to protect Jongno's commercial district. We can become independent forces in the streets." Shin Joo-baek, a research professor at Sungkyunkwan University, said, "However, despite this cause, Kim Doo-han is only a gangster who was parasitic to Joseon merchants to feed the organization." The confrontation with Hayashipae, who dominated the Myeong-dong commercial district, is also exaggerated in movies and dramas. In fact, in Kim Doo-han's memoir "Bloody National Foundation Eve," published in 1963, there is no mention of confronting the Yakujapae to protect the commercial district of Koreans. This is in contrast to the detailed description of how he worked to eradicate Communists after liberation. Of course, it is true that people felt vicarious satisfaction at the time just by beating down the Japanese who said that Kim Doo-han used his strength. However, Kim Dong-hoe, who was the middle boss of Hayashi's defeat and later became close to Kim Doo-han, testified that he had a symbiotic relationship rather than confrontation with Hayashi. Kim, who appeared in MBC's "100 Years of Korea as a Gangster and a Gangster" in 1999, claimed that Hayashi handed over the right to operate the bicycle storage to Kim Doo-han after the so-called Jangchungdan Battle, and the two maintained a close relationship. Kim Doo-han also wrote in his memoir that Hayashi sent him 1,000 won each month as pocket money. According to a close aide, Hayashi returned to Japan shortly after liberation and gave Kim Doo-han all the remaining Korean money and a handgun as gifts. During this period, Kim Doo-han, who was persuaded by Park Heon-young and served as the leader of the Korean Communist Party, was armed with these weapons given by Hayashi and robbed the houses of Korean leaders such as Park Heung-sik and Baek Nak-seong. It was to raise funds for the activities. Jang Taek-sang, who served as prime minister or was Kim Doo-han a leading contributor to the nation's foundation, said he liked to ask such questions during his lifetime. "Do you know the three people who made Korea possible today?" Rhee Syng-man, me and Kim Doo-han." This is true when it comes to the anti-aircraft struggle. Shortly after liberation from Japanese colonial rule, Kim Doo-han, who was in the Communist Party, transformed into a merciless "white terrorist" after meeting Yeom Eung-taek, the head of the right-wing secret association. This is because he heard from Yeom Eung-taek that his father, General Kim Jwa-jin, was killed by a communist. Since then, Kim Doo-han, who has become the "only doctor from this region," has been deeply involved in various terrorist incidents such as the attempted shooting of Park Heon-young and the murder of Yeo Woon-hyung. At that time, the Republic of Korea (Korea Democratic Youth Alliance), a youth organization led by Kim Doo-han, was so feared by left-wing activists that there was a saying, "Even if you live if you get caught by the police, you die if you get caught in the youth group." The performance of the Republic of Korea stood out in the September general strike led by the National Council of Korean Trade Unions in 1946. At that time, Kim Doo-han made 3,000 commandos armed with hands-on guns, grenades, and bamboo spears drunk with whiskey and attacked railroad union members who were on strike at Yongsan Station. The Republic of Korea, which quickly disarmed the union members, selected eight of them, killed them with bamboo spears, and buried them in a sewer at the station. Kim Doo-han also enjoyed the method of secretly kidnapping and killing Communist Party officials and key union members, and throwing their bodies when the train was running on the railroad bridge. In his memoirs, Kim Doo-han recalled that there were 72 "human cargoes" that he had completed. It was around this time that he kidnapped Jeong Jin-young, who had been a beggar since he lived under the bridge, and beat him with a steel pipe. Jung Jin-young remained in the Communist Party after Kim Doo-han converted and led the "left-wing fist." Kim Doo-han was referred to the U.S. government court for his involvement in these terrorist incidents and sentenced to death. The following year, when the Republic of Korea was founded, he received a special amnesty from President Rhee Syng-man, but Kim Doo-han recalls that he was scolded for "Hey, stop killing people" at a meeting with President Lee. However, Syngman Rhee was one of the people behind the scenes who made him the spearhead of the White Terror. According to Dr. Kim Haeng-sun, who studied the history of liberation politics and youth movements, the Republic of Korea was the SS of Rhee Syng-man and the Liberty Korea Party and the "Great Air Combat Unit" that spread the founding ideology they aim for. In response, Kim Doo-han emphasized in his memoir that his terrorist actions stemmed from a heroic sole decision. The U.S. military government and the police had no choice but to stand by. However, this is an incredible argument considering the political and social dynamics of the time. Moreover, an aide claimed that Kim Doo-han was not the kind of person who could have his "thoughts" and that he should not be named. A close aide who once wrote Kim Doo-han's biography (the biography was not published in the end) referred to Kim Doo-han as a "simple, passionate, and thin-eared person." He argues that the National Assembly trash dumping incident, which later turned the whole country upside down, was not from Kim Doo-han himself, but from the head of Park (scenario writer), who was a key brain. Was Kim Doo-han a fighter who resisted the dictatorship? The drama "The Age of Wild Men" begins with the aforementioned incident of throwing garbage at the National Assembly. This means that the incident was interpreted with great importance. In September 1966, Kim Doo-han, then a member of the Korean German Party, said at the plenary session of the National Assembly, "Get rid of it. It refers to an incident in which Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon and other members of the State Council were scattered with garbage along with abusive language, saying, "You punks. In this incident, Kim Doo-han not only lost his seat as a lawmaker, but also suffered from being called to the Central Intelligence Agency due to Park Jung-hee's hatred. However, instead, Kim Doo-han remained in the hearts of the general public as an image of "a spokesman for the common people" and a fighter against the military regime. Although his actions are not without criticism as a showmanship and a serious challenge to the rule of law to overcome the limits of a one-man party, his actions at that time opened a refreshing breakthrough for ordinary people who were suppressed under the military regime. Kim Doo-han, who has been reborn as a politician from a back alley gangster, may be the main character of a dramatic success myth that is hard to see again in our history. Nevertheless, as the novelist Seo Hae-sung said, violence without philosophy only leads to a vicious cycle of violence. Park Han-yong, a researcher at the Institute for Ethnic Affairs, said, "Kim Doo-han, who could have been a hero, ended up leaving a stain on Korea's modern history as Korea's first old college and the originator of far-right terrorists." Of course, dramas are fiction. No matter how you interpret historical figures, it's up to the production team. However, as the production crew revealed in their own production intentions, "The Age of Wild Men" is a epic drama that tries to look behind history. It is feared that the worshippers of "Ginttogang" will be overwhelmed by action and make a mistake of not looking back on history. Born in Sajik-dong, Seoul in 1917. His father, General Kim Jwa-jin, defeated the Japanese army in the Battle of Cheongsan-ri in 1920. Her maternal grandmother and mother died in 1927 (11 years old. He ran away from his uncle's house in 1930 (age 14). I came to Seoul alone. Beggar's life in the hands of a beggar. He was recruited by Ssangkal in 1932 (16 years old) and entered the world of fists. In 1934, he defeated Shinmajik and Kumajik and became the fist emperor in the back alley of Jongno Umigwan. In 1946, he was the head of the inspection department of the Republic of Korea and the head of the annex building to suppress the left-wing strike. In 1947, he was sentenced to death by the U.S. military government and imprisoned in Okinawa Prison. He was released in 1948 (32 years old) as a subject of special amnesty for the founding of the country. In 1954, he ran for the three major civil elections and was elected. Three days after his election, he was arrested for attempted murder of Kim Kwan-chul, but was released on condition that he joined the Liberal Party. In 1958, he ran for the fourth civil election and lost the election. He was nominated by the Korean German Party in the by-election in 1965 (49 years old), ran for election, and was elected. In 1966, he was arrested and tortured in a conspiracy against the Korean German Party. Repossession due to the dumping of garbage in the National Assembly. He died in 1972 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Newsletter 26 September 2002 / Reporter Kim Eun-nam ken@sisapress.com
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