However, Suh and Nam ultimately run with Korean national flags.
The Korean delegate once again faces hurdles in Boston as the T-shirts of Suh and Nam were emblazoned with the U.S. servicemen stationed in Korea and Koreans, Suh Nam, the bronze medalist and Sohn fly to Boston on a U.S. military rule was considered a refugee country, which means the athletes had to pay a large deposit and present a U.S.-based guarantor to compete in the race. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)īefore the Republic of Korea was established in 1948, South Korea under U.S. Sohn, now living in South Korea, finds a silver lining in Suh, an emerging marathoner with the potential to become the "Next Sohn Kee-chung." He trains Suh for the 1947 Boston Marathon, the first international marathon to be held since the end of World War II.Ī scene from the Korean sports film "Road to Boston" is seen in this photo provided by its distributor, Lotte Entertainment. The country is divided into the South and the North, occupied by the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively. The story then moves to 1947, two years after Korea's liberation from Japan. The Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo carried his photo on the front page after erasing the Japanese flag from his chest, and Sohn lived under oppression and was under close watch by the Japanese government after that. With his head bowed, the gold medalist clutches a young oak tree to his chest to hide the Japanese flag on his shirt.īehind him is Nam Sung-yong (Bae Sung-woo), a Korean bronze medalist whose grim face is staring at his feet.Īs Korea was part of the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945, Sohn was forced to run under a Japanese name, Sohn Kitei, and the gold medal was recorded as a Japanese triumph. 9, 1936, at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The film begins with Sohn's famous photo taken Aug. The poster of the sports film "Road to Boston" is seen in this photo provided by its distributor Lotte Entertainment.
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