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Welcome to Dongmakgol

Original title: Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol
  • 20052005
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
7.2K
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POPULARITY
70,155
34,943
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
ComedyDramaWar
Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
7.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
70,155
34,943
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Writers
      • Jin Jang(play)
      • Joong Kim
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Stars
      • Jae-yeong Jeong
      • Shin Ha-kyun
      • Kang Hye-jeong
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Writers
      • Jin Jang(play)
      • Joong Kim
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Stars
      • Jae-yeong Jeong
      • Shin Ha-kyun
      • Kang Hye-jeong
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 41User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 9 nominations

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    Shin Ha-kyun, Jae-yeong Jeong, and Kang Hye-jeong in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
    Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
    Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
    Shin Ha-kyun, Jae-yeong Jeong, and Kang Hye-jeong in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
    Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
    Shin Ha-kyun and Jae-yeong Jeong in Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
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    Jae-yeong Jeong
    Jae-yeong Jeong
    • Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa
    Shin Ha-kyun
    Shin Ha-kyun
    • 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul
    Kang Hye-jeong
    Kang Hye-jeong
    • Yeo-il
    Ha-ryong Lim
    • Jang Young-hee (North)
    Jae-kyeong Seo
    • Army Medic Mun Sang-sang (South)
    Deok-Hwan Ryu
    Deok-Hwan Ryu
    • Seo Taek-ki (North)
    Steve Taschler
    • Smith
    Jae-Jin Jung
    • Mayor
    Yeong-ih Lee
      Nam-Hee Park
      Deok-hyeon Jo
      • Teacher Kim
      • (as Duk-hyun Cho)
      Seung-mok Yoo
      • Soo
      Won-cheol Shim
      David Anselmo
      David Anselmo
      • Special Forces Commander
      • (as David Joseph Anselmo)
      Michael Arnold
      • Attack Pilot Last Scene
      Michael Frederick Arnold
      • Attack Pilot Last Scene
      Steve M. Choe
      Jon Emm
      • Colonel
      • Director
        • Kwang-Hyun Park
      • Writers
        • Jin Jang(play)
        • Joong Kim
        • Kwang-Hyun Park
      • All cast & crew
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      Storyline

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      Did you know

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      • Trivia
        It was only supposed to cost around 4 billion won, as there were no big stars, mostly actors from or acquainted with Jang's Suda family through their past work. But filming and post-production CGI took much longer than expected, and the budget skyrocketed to 8 billion won, putting Jang's company in trouble: for a small production company like Film It Suda failing with this film would have been catastrophic.
      • Quotes

        Teacher Kim: [in English] How are you?

        Smith: What?

        Teacher Kim: How are you?

        Smith: How do you think I am, huh? I mean, how do you think I am? Look at me, huh? I mean, look at me! I'm tied up with sticks here. You know, I feel like shit! Like shit!

        Village Chief: [in Korean] Not going well?

        Teacher Kim: It's strange. You can see, like it says here, sir.

        Village Chief: I can't read that.

        Teacher Kim: Yes, sir. Well, if I say

        [in English]

        Teacher Kim: 'How are you?', he should say

        [in English]

        Teacher Kim: 'Fine, and you?'. That's the right American answer, so then I can say,

        [in English]

        Teacher Kim: 'I'm fine'. Only then is this a completed thing. But he's a bit...

        Villager: Why isn't he doing as he should? Is he picking a fight?

      User reviews41

      Review
      Top review
      8/10
      Amazing film!
      I just cant believe how much I became fond of the characters and hows visually beautiful this film is. The score is gently leading you along as this touching tale unfolds.

      The different layers of the story adds much deserved humanity to the characters - which were well cast. Especially the crazy girl of the village (Hye-jeong Kang from the film Old Boy).

      The film brings together the South Korean/American Allies and the Communist North so that they saw eye to eye as human beings, due to the example of innocence radiating from the village. I'm looking forward to the director of Welcome to Dongmakgol's future work.

      Basically a really really good film! Korean cinema is really finding its way.

      Many Thanks, Ricky Thind
      helpful•54
      5
      • RickyThind
      • Jan 10, 2006

      Details

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      • Release date
        • August 4, 2005 (South Korea)
      • Country of origin
        • South Korea
      • Official site
        • Official site (South Korea)
      • Languages
        • Korean
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Làng Dongmakgol
      • Filming locations
        • Korea
      • Production company
        • Film It Suda
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      Box office

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      • Gross worldwide
        • $32,065,527
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        2 hours 13 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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