In South Korea, Yun is celebrated as a national hero, revered for his sacrificing his life to help liberate the Korean peninsula from Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945).

Directed by Leong Po-chih (or Leung Po-chi) in 1984, Hong Kong 1941 is an unflinching look at the horrors of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. In the film, Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip Tung and ...