Study of Giketsukyouketsu (義血俠血) and The Prosecutor and the Female Teacher

Abstract

This paper is a comparative study of Giketsukyouketsu and The Prosecutorand the Female Teacher. Giketsukyouketsu is the work of Izumi Kyoka, oneof the representative writers of modern Japanese literature. The Prosecutorand the Female Teacher is the work of Choon-kwang Kim, one of therepresentative theater writers of Korea during the colonial period. In themeantime, The Prosecutor and the Female Teacher has been known as KimChoon-kwang's complete creation. However, in this paper, the fact that thiswork is an adaptation was proved using evidence. The Prosecutor and theFemale Teacher is highly likely to be a rewritten work based onGiketsukyouketsu.