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Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004)
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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Je-gyu Kang (writer)
Release Date:
6 February 2004 (South Korea)
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Plot:
A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Korean War
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Korea
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1950s
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Medal
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North Korea
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Awards:
9 wins
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1 nomination
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Better than any Hollywood production
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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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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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Runtime:
140 min | 148 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
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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To recreate the battle at Doo-Mil-Ryung, the scene required 15,000 bullets, 3,000 extras and 500 stunt experts. Instead of rifles being fired, fist fights were the main focus of the scene and all of the cast were specially trained. The shoot lasted 3 weeks with about 50 minor accidents a day on average, but the scene was finally wrapped without any major accidents.
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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.
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Movie Connections:
References Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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I have watched Taegukgi for the first time just yesterday, so my impressions of the movie are still fresh. I have not known much about the Korean War that took place at the beginning of the 1950's, but that was a history lesson I will not easily forget. Taegukgi is really the best (anti-)war movie I have ever seen. And believe me, I have seen a lot. But no movie ever before has impressed me so much. In most Hollywood productions there is only one perspective, the winners view. Many directors tried to make a movie that shows both sides of the conflict, but all of them failed. Until now: Taegugki is showing the situation mostly from the south korean view too, but it is the first movie which shows also the "other side". I was very surprised, that the director showed also the crime that his own government committed to their own people at this time. That movie is the first war movie that is not glorifying war - it's horrifying, terrifying, scary - like in reality.