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Original title: Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo Release Date • USA: Sep 3, 2004 • UK: 3 Jun 2005 DVD Release Date • R1: Feb 15, 2005
Budget $12,800,000 BoxOffice: $0.9M
Official Website:
Brotherhood Website
MPAA Rating Rated R for strong graphic sequences of war violence.
Running Time 2 hours, 20 minutes
Country South Korea
Studio IDP Distribution
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles • Brotherhood • Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War • Taegukgi
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Genre: Action, War, Drama, Epic, Military, True Story, Experimental
Plot: After independence, Korea is full of hope for a better future. Family of Jin-tae is none different. Jin-tae lives with his mother, younger brother Jin-seok, and fiancé Young-shin. His mother and Young-shin runs a noodle shop in a market and he shines shoes to send Jin-seok to university.Although the living isn't easy, they are working hard for their better future. Yet, the Korean War breaks out and Jin-tae and Jin-seok get drafted and are located at the battlefront immediately. With bullets flying and bombs going off a few inches away, Jin-tae realizes that he has to keep his brother alive and send him back home safe even if he hurts himself. Believing so, he learns that earning a Medal of Honor may send Jin-seok home, and now Jin-tae begins volunteering for dangerous missions. Yet, Jin-seok is always uncertain about Jin-tae's motivation. Midst of war, U.N. troops join the war and the war seems to end soon. Somehow, Jin-tae succeeds in many missions and ends up getting a Medal of Honor. By then, Jin-tae has driven war crazy with such hatred for North Koreans and Jin-seok refused to go home. Their tension grows between two and there is sudden attack of Chinese Army. With Chinese Army coming down ruthlessly two brothers get separated and Jin-tae believes that Jin-seok is
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| Directed by |
Je-gyu Kang
Swiri, Danjeogbiyeonsu, Shanghai International Film Festival | |
| Written by |
Je-gyu Kang
Swiri, Danjeogbiyeonsu, Shanghai International Film Festival | |
| Cast |
| Bin Won
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| Music By |
Dong-jun Lee
Save the Green Planet!, Swiri, 2009: Lost Memories | |
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