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Welcome to Dongmakgol

Original title: Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
7.4K
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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.

  • Director
    • Kwang-Hyun Park
  • Writers
    • Jin Jang
    • Joong Kim
    • Kwang-Hyun Park
  • Stars
    • Jae-yeong Jeong
    • Shin Ha-kyun
    • Kang Hye-jeong
  • See production, box office & company info
    • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    7.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Writers
      • Jin Jang
      • Joong Kim
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Stars
      • Jae-yeong Jeong
      • Shin Ha-kyun
      • Kang Hye-jeong
    • 41User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • 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)
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    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
        • Joong Kim
        • Kwang-Hyun Park
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      Storyline

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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

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      9/10
      excellent ... if you are not afraid to see Americans as bad guys
      Please excuse bad English, I am still learning :) This is excellent film but I think many Americans will dislike it because it shows American soldiers as "bad guys". In true war there is no "good guys". There is no John Wayne who is always right. This movie shows ugliness of war on all sides. But it is still very pleasant and happy movie to watch sometimes. It is not history lesson, it is fantasy. but still it tells truth about war which Hollywood has never done because Hollywood always shows good guys vs bad guys. Even though this is fantasy it is more real than any war movie I saw. I urge you see this movie regardless of what country you from. Pretend you take no sides. You will enjoy this movie.
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      • contemporarymentor
      • Jul 9, 2007

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      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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