Taegukgi movie
| Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War | |
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| Korean Title | |
| Revised Romanization | Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo |
| McCune-Reischauer | T'aegŭkki Hwinallimyŏ |
| Hangul | 태극기 휘날리며 |
| Hanja | 太極旗 — |
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (original Korean title: Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo) is a 2004 film directed by Je-gyu Kang (강제규, 姜帝圭) dealing with the Korean War, a bloody civil war where brothers turned to be enemies.
This film was the biggest success in the korean film history so far. It attracted over 10 Million audience to the theater, which is about a quarter of south korean population.
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Synopsis
The movie is about the love between two innocent brothers who were unwillingly sent to a cruel battlefield. The elder one, Yi Jin-tae, owned a shoeshine in Seoul before the war. His younger brother, Yi Jin-seok, was a student who wanted to go to university.
Not long after the North Korean invasion on June 25, 1950, the two brothers were drafted and sent to the frontline. Jin-tae, who wanted to save Yi Jin-seok, made a deal with his superior for his brother's sake. If he could earn a "Taegeuk Medal" -- the highest honor for a South Korean soldier, his younger brother will be free to go home.
To win the medal, Jin-tae was willing to take all the risks. He finally earned it by capturing a North Korean commander alive, at the cost of a good friend's life. Jin-seok, not fully aware of his brother's intention, started to question his morality. In the mean time, Jin-tae turned out to be cold-blooded due to the endless killing.
After a bloody hunt of communists, Jin-tae's fiancée was killed and Jin-seok was imprisoned. By a mistake, Jin-tae believed that his brother was killed by the South Korean government too, he joined the North side out of rage. Several months later, from a medal-wearing model soldier of the South, he turned into a star commander of the North. The two brothers, separated by war, will meet again on the battlefield.
Cast
- Jin-tae: Dong-geon Jang (장동건, 張東建)
- Jin-seok: Bin Won (원빈, 元斌)
- Young-shin: Eun-ju Lee (이은주, 李恩宙)
See also
External links
- Official Korean Taegukgi website (with English-language section) (http://www.taegukgi2004.com)
- North American Taegukgi website (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/taegukgi/index.html)
- Taegukgi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386064/) at the Internet Movie Database
[[ko:태극기 휘날리며]] ja:ブラザーフッド
Categories: 2004 films | Korean War films | Korean films