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| Dong-Gun Jang | ... | Jin-tae Lee | |
| Won Bin | ... | Jin-seok Lee | |
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Eun-ju Lee | ... | Young-shin Kim |
| Hyeong-jin Kong | ... | Yong-man | |
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Yeong-ran Lee | ... | Mother Lee |
| Kil-kang Ahn | ... | Sergeant Huh (as Kil-Kang Ahn) | |
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Jin Jung | ... | Sergeant Lim |
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Jae-hyeong Jeon | ... | Yong-seok |
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Min-ho Jang | ... | Old Jin-seok Lee |
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Yun-hie Jo | ... | Jin-seok Lee's grandaughter |
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Won-hee Cho | ||
| Min-sik Choi | ... | North Korean Captain | |
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Do-Hee Go | ... | Young-Guk Kim |
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Taek-ha Hwang | ... | Platoon Soldier #2 |
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Dae-Hoon Jeong | ||
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In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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korean war | frontline | firearm | south korean soldier | steel helmet |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Country:
South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
24 September 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$12,800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$363,439, 5 September 2004, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,111,061Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$76,287,982Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Kim Song Kyu and Park Yeong Ho
Sung by Park Hyang Rim.
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No other UN soldiers are seen in the film other than South Koreans, despite the very large role that they played in the war. Likewise, the Chinese, who would be the principal Communist force after late 1950, are only seen once or twice in the entire film. See more »Goofs
During the 1951 Daejon hospital scene, the chevrons on a U.S. Army soldier's uniform sleeve are upside down; the pointy end should be facing up to the top and not the bottom. See more »Alternate Versions
Also released in a directors cut running 148min.8min longer than the US and original version See more »Soundtracks
Oppaneun punggakjaengiWritten by Kim Song Kyu and Park Yeong Ho
Sung by Park Hyang Rim.
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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.