The frontline easily ranks among the best Asian war films of the last decade as it was released in 2011, this time the plot is not centered around Rookie soldiers as previously seen in the movies mentioned above, but rather introduce to us in an ingenious way the front lines of the Korean War with the soldiers succumbing to survive.ġst Lt. The premiere was released in 2010 directed by John Lee, starring a group of famous actors as Cha Seung-won, Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Seung-woo and Choi Seunghyun who is also known as T.O.P the rapper of the famous Korean band "Big Bang".Īnother Korean cinematography masterpiece receiving a total of 7.4 on IMDb, directed by cc starring Shin Ha-Kyun as Soo ae Je-hoon, Ryu Seung-soo, Ko Chang-Seok, Kim Ok-bin, yu Seung-ryong, and Lee David.
The movie has successfully highlighted the impact of the students unit during the battle, despite having a huge disadvantage in guns, resources and military training in comparison to their counterparts, the student soldiers sacrificed themselves losing their lives in the process as it was stated that the majority of the unit members were, unfortunately, murdered by the end of Pohang-Dong battle.
The story follows the unfortunate events happening to the 2 brothers who owed themselves to protect selflessly each other while emotionally engaging the audience to the plot.īack in August 1950, 2 months after the starting of the Korean war, a group of 71 undertrained student soldiers fought with all their might in the Battle of Pohang-dong, defending a school from the North Korean invasion. The outbreak of the war decides otherwise, the brothers are forcibly conscripted to the Korean army, Jin-Tae tries to get his younger brother exempt from the military force by joining the cruel military operations, giving his best to earn a war medal then losing his humanity in the process. The older brother Jin-tae who had selflessly sacrificed himself to secure a better education and future for his younger brother believing that Jin-Seok have better chances to follow a career path through proper education and anticipating his striking success. The group was mainly created to be used as a diversionary strategy in order to make the operation successful so the scenes depict the survival struggles of the Korean volunteers.Ģ-Tae Guk Gi Brotherhood Of The War 태극기 휘날리며Įarning a worldwide recognition and winning many prizes on the national level as one of the best films of Korean cinematography, the movie is a classic when it comes to the Korean War since it's release in 2004 earning an 8.1 rating on IMDb, directed by Kang Je-Gyu the story follows the 2 brothers Lee Jin-tae and Lee Jin-Seok who both were forcibly conscripted to the south Korean force at the beginning of the North invasion. This movie is based on the true story of a group of 772 South Korean teenager volunteers under the command of Captain Lee, who fought back North Korean forces against all the odds and limited resources ahead of the Incheon Landing battle " 인천상륙작전 ", a U.S amphibious invasion that led to a massive victory. Many movies paid a tribute to the historical wae, the Korean cinema creatively made movies to depict some of the outstanding details of the 3 years war highlighting the contribution of many parties involved, Here is a selection of 5 must-watch Korean films that you must definitely check. You may also have heard recently of the current tension between the North and the South preceding the explosion of the communication center under the command of Kim Jong-Un, the center that was built in order to keep negotiations for better political communication flow, located on the zone separating the North and the South, then you may have wondered how exactly the borders separating them were defined? Well, we will definitely have to go back to the starting of the crisis in 1950, You don't want to read about historical facts you already learned about in your history course textbooks ? Easy, Let's have a better and entertaining approach then!
70 years ago, exactly on June 25th, 1950, The world witnessed a war between North and South Korea that lasted for three years, from June 1950 to July 1953, setting the borders between the two, splitting a country that was once united as one Korea.