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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Original title: Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo
  • 20042004
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  • 2h 20m
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8.0/10
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
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When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
40K
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    • Je-kyu Kang
    • Je-kyu Kang
    • Sang-don Kim(screenplay)
    • Han Ji-hoon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jang Dong-Gun
    • Won Bin
    • Eun-ju Lee
    • Je-kyu Kang
    • Je-kyu Kang
    • Sang-don Kim(screenplay)
    • Han Ji-hoon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jang Dong-Gun
    • Won Bin
    • Eun-ju Lee
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    • 247User reviews
    • 85Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
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    Jang Dong-Gun, Eun-ju Lee, and Won Bin in Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
    Jang Dong-Gun and Won Bin in Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
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    Jang Dong-Gun
    Jang Dong-Gun
    • Jin-tae Lee
    Won Bin
    Won Bin
    • Jin-seok Lee
    Eun-ju Lee
    • Young-shin Kim
    Hyeong-jin Kong
    Hyeong-jin Kong
    • Yong-man
    Yeong-ran Lee
    • Mother Lee
    Ahn Kil-kang
    Ahn Kil-kang
    • Sergeant Huh
    • (as Kil-Kang Ahn)
    Jin Jung
    • Sergeant Lim
    Jae-hyeong Jeon
    • Yong-seok
    Min-ho Jang
    • Old Jin-seok Lee
    Yun-hie Jo
    Yun-hie Jo
    • Jin-seok Lee's grandaughter
    Jang-Su Bae
    • Noodles guest
    Kim Bo-kyung
      Won-hee Cho
      Do-Hee Go
      • Young-Guk Kim
      Taek-ha Hwang
      • Platoon Soldier #2
      Dae-Hoon Jeong
      Doo-hong Jung
      Kyung-Hwan Kim
      • Young-Min Kim
        • Je-kyu Kang
        • Je-kyu Kang
        • Sang-don Kim(screenplay)
        • Han Ji-hoon(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        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 three weeks with about 50 minor accidents a day on average, but the scene was finally wrapped without any major accidents.
      • Goofs
        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.
      • Quotes

        Jin-seok: I wish this was all just a dream. I want to wake up in my bed, and over breakfast, I'd tell you that I had a strange dream. Then I would go to school, and you and mom would go to work.

      • Alternate versions
        Also released in a director's cut running 148min, 8min longer than the US and original version.
      • Connections
        References Saving Private Ryan (1998)
      • Soundtracks
        Oppaneun punggakjaengi
        Written by Kim Song Kyu and Park Yeong Ho

        Sung by Park Hyang Rim.

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      An Epic
      I never liked subtitled movies, until this one. Just watched it last night and couldn't stop thinking about it.

      The movie started with the life of two brothers before the war, a life that was almost perfect until the war shatters all. Everything goes downhill from there. Despite all their best intentions, the two brothers helplessly watched their fate sinking and themselves drifting apart, with only dotted moments of hope and triumgh, when unconditional love and human spirit break through the darkness.

      Comparing to "Saving Private Ryan", this movie gives characters a more human touch. "SPR" seems to moralize too much, no flaws, just hero's. The result is the characters came off plain and two-dimensional. Agree with Saturday-3's comment on SPR posted on 9/13/04 that "SPR almost seems like nothing more than a visually stunning, flag-waving movie". By the way, I am a big fan of Steven Spielburg and Tom Hanks, so there wasn't any bias there. On a side note, "Band of brothers", on the contrary, is very very good.

      What I don't get, is how a mediocre subtitled movies such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" gets so much marketing effort and a truly amazing one like this gets nothing. By the way, I am a Chinese currently living in the States. So I guess that wasn't a very patriotic thing to say. IMHO, "Hero" is just a compilation of beautiful pictures. "Crouching Tiger" is even worse. (It's probably because I was able to understand the original dialogue and can tell how little effort was put into anything other than making the pictures look pretty.)

      Hats off to Koreans for making such a great epic. "Tae Guk Gi" is a reminder of the difference between art and entertainment, a reminder that wars, as well as movies, are not about bang-bang actions and special effects. They are about human beings.

      The only complaints that I could think of are: 1. The music during the beginning of the movie seems a little too sentimental. 2. The camera shakes too much during action scenes, probably deliberately, to create the chaos with a limited budget. But I don't have a problem with the length of the movie. The two and half hours felt like 1.5 hour when you were drawn into the intensity of the film.

      If you are still wondering if you want to see this movie, go watch the trailer on the internet. Make sure you watch the one starting with the announcement of "ShowBox". Oh, hell, just watch the movie. Chances are you won't regret it.

      As for myself, I am going to pre-order the DVD. I can't remember when was the last time that I want to see the bonus material of a movie so badly.

      If you like the movie, I would also recommend "When trumpets fade" and "Band of Brothers".
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      • Release date
        • September 24, 2004 (United States)
        • South Korea
        • Korean
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      • Filming locations
        • A-San City, South Korea
      • Production companies
        • Kang Je-Kyu Film Co. Ltd.
        • KD Media
        • KTB Network
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      • 2 hours 20 minutes
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