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Taegukgi (15)

  • Consumer Advice: Contains strong bloody war violence and horror, and strong language
  • Run time: 2 hours 28 mins
  • Language: Korean
  • Genre: War
  • Release date: 3rd June 2005

Plot Synopsis

Jin-Tae (Jang Dong-Gun) shines shoes hoping to save money ti 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), Sin-Seok is unwillingly conscripted into the war, which forces Jin-Tae to join the war to save his brother and send him 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 guaranteed Jin-Seok realises the truth of his brothers sacrifice

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