Birthday Boy
Overview
Korean War, 1951 Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.
- Production
- Australian Film Television and Radio School
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Crew
- Director
- Sejong Park
- Producers
- Andrew Gregory
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CinemaSerf
January 25, 2026
I thought that there was something quite evocative about this short animation. It's his birthday, and a young Korean lad is playing in the wreckage of an aircraft that has crashed into a nearby house. With his father away fighting in the war, his son is dreaming of joining him. Enjoying his own shadow war games, imagining he is shooting the enemy as they approach his position. Then he heads home and discovers a parcel on their veranda. It’s fairly clear to us what the contents mean, but does “Ma…