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Dominican Rep. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
- Original title
- Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo)
- Year
- 2004
- Running time
- 140 min.
- Country
South Korea- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Jang Dong-gun
Won Bin
Lee Eun-ju
Ahn Gil-kang- Jin Jung
- Jae-hyeong Jeon
Jang Min-ho
Jo Yoon-hee
Choi Min-sik- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- War. Drama | Korean War
- Synopsis
- Jin-Tae (Jang Dong-Gun) shines shoes hoping to save money to send his younger brother Jin-Seok (Won Bin) to university. Their mother runs a noodle shop wishing the best for her two sons even though things have been tough since her husband has passed away. Sending Jin-Seok to university has become the shining light in their family's everyday lives.
With the start of the Korean War (June 25, 1950), Jin-Seok is unwillingly conscripted into the war, which forces Jin-Tae to join the war to dave his brother and send him to back to his mother. Without money or influence, the only hope to save his brother is for Jin-Tae to enlist in suicidal missions in order to earn the Medal of Honor, which will guarantee Jin-Seck's release. Jin-Seok fails to understand his brother's actions and misinterprets them as a dangerous mix of patriotism and an obsession with fame and glory. It is only at the fatal end that Jin-Seok realises the truth of his brother's sacrifice.-
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2004: Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea): 4 awards. 8 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"Shamelessly contrived and manipulative, Tae Guk Gi packs a visceral wallop."
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"The most costly and the most popular film in South Korean history is also one of the most gripping and epic war films ever made"
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"In the rare moments when a rifle, grenade, howitzer, bayonet, dagger, fist, land mine, or flamethrower isn't being deployed, the film pushes its melodramatic plotline with soap operatic shamelessness."
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"Always entertains, just like 'Pearl Harbor' and the rest of the best of Hollywood's dumb war movies."
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"The cloying score aside, this is a searing depiction of war in all its savagery, waste, and folly, with artfully choreographed sequences that surpass the conventions of the genre."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 28 My Favorite Korean Movies (48)
- 63 My Favorite War Movies (86)
- 66 My Top 10 Movies from 2004 (39)
- 75 My Favorite Asian Movies (64)
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