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Writer:
Je-gyu Kang (writer)
Release Date:
6 February 2004 (South Korea) more
Plot:
A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Birthday Suits: Oscar-Snubbed
(From FilmExperience. 10 November 2009, 5:11 PM, PST)
User Comments:
One of the Best Movie About War more (193 total)
Cast
(Credited cast)| Dong-Kun Jang | ... | Jin-tae Lee | |
| Bin Won | ... | Jin-seok Lee | |
| Eun-ju Lee | ... | Young-shin Kim | |
| Hyeong-jin Kong | ... | Yong-man | |
| Yeong-ran Lee | ... | Mother | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kil-Kang Ahn | ... | Sergeant Huh | |
| Joe Cappelletti | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) | |
| Min-sik Choi | ... | North Korean commander | |
| D.C. Douglas | ... | Additional Voices (voice: English version) | |
| Min-ho Jang | ... | Old Jin-seok Lee | |
| Dae-Hoon Jeong | |||
| Jae-hyeong Jeon | ... | Yong-seok | |
| Yun-hie Jo | ... | Jin-seok Lee's grandaughter | |
| Doo-hong Jung | |||
| Bo-kyeong Kim | |||
| Su-ro Kim | ... | Anti-Communist Federation member | |
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Also Known As:
Brotherhood (International: English title) (UK)
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (International: English title) (USA)
Taegukgi (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong graphic sequences of war violence.
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140 min | 148 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Brazil:18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-18 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (original rating) | Hong Kong:III (video rating) | Ireland:15A (cinema release) | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited for re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15 (director's cut) | USA:R | Mexico:C | Argentina:16 | Indonesia:Dewasa
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One of four Korean movies screened at the 2006 International Fajr Film Festival in Iran. more
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Factual errors: In the scene where North Korean soldiers ambush Jin Tae and several other South Korean soldiers while they're laying mines, one of the South Koreans steps on a mine and it blows his leg off. However, the M15 Anti-tank mine, which was the mine they were using, requires a force of 350 to 750 lbs to detonate. more
Quotes:
Young-shin: [while trying to decide what to take along as they evacuate the house upon declaration of war] There's Kimchi pots buried in the yard. What will happen to them? more
Movie Connections:
References Saving Private Ryan (1998) more
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It started out like so many other movies, a short clip of the present and then a long flashback. And then it blew me away with its depiction of war and all of its complexities. The changes in the attitudes of the two brothers as the Korean War progresses helps us understand that war is not merely about good and evil. The most well intentioned soldier or commander can go astray. The Korean War turned brother against brother based on little more than time and place, conviction, or happenstance.
Take Guk Gi is the best antiwar movie that I have seen since Johnny Got His Gun.
It reminded me of the beginning of Saving Private Ryan, which I thought captured some of the reality of war while avoiding the pitfalls that Saving Private Ryan fell.
If the DC crowd watched the Battle of Algiers but missed the message, All Americans should see Tae Guk Gi to better understand the horror and tragedy of war.