71: Into the Fire

Original title: Pohwasogeuro

20102010
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2h

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7.3/10

5.5K

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Seung-Won Cha, Kwon Sang-woo, and Seung-Hyun Choi in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

Action Drama War

The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

5.5K

YOUR RATING

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- 6 wins & 5 nominations

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Seung-Hyun Choi in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

Kwon Sang-woo, Yoon-Seong Kim, and Seung-Hyun Choi in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

Kwon Sang-woo in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

Yoon-Seong Kim and Tu-in Tak in 71: Into the Fire (2010)

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The story of student-soldiers trying to protect a middle school during the early days of the Korean War.

korean war coming of age young man student south korea 13 more

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Trivia
The climactic battle in the movie was a part of the Battle of P'ohang-Dong, from August 5-20, 1950. Savage fighting broke out as the North Koreans attacked the U.N. forces, consisting of American and South Korean soldiers, in an attempt to take the town of P'ohang-Dong on the northeast corner of the Pusan perimeter. Despite being pushed back initially, the U.N. forces regrouped and eventually defeated the North Koreans, forcing their retreat. It was a turning point in that it effectively broke the back of the North Korean offensive, which was beginning to suffer from superior U.N. support and a lack of manpower and supplies.

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The North Korean general wears a 1970s-era Rolex watch.

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7/10

The best Korean War films are made by the South Koreans.

The best Korean War films are made by the South Koreans. Starting around 2010, they started getting really good at creating sometimes remarkable battle scenes. Although the script structure follows (apparently globally) established 'war film' formulae, this is a very well done South Korean, based on a real event, 'Alamo' story filmed in the style of 'Saving Private Ryan'. Anyone with an ongoing list of notable war films should be interested.

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