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Director:
Writers:
Jin Jang (play)
Joong Kim (writer)
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Release Date:
4 August 2005 (South Korea) more
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Plot:
Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
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Cast

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Jae-yeong Jeong ... Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa
Ha-kyun Shin ... 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul
Hye-jeong Kang ... Yeo-il
Ha-ryong Lim ... Jang Young-hee (North)
Jae-kyeong Seo ... Army Medic Mun Sang-sang (South)
Deok-Hwan Ryu ... Seo Taek-ki (North)

Steve Taschler ... Smith
Jae-Jin Jung
Young-yi Lee
Nam-Hee Park
Deok-hyeon Jo (as Duk-hyun Cho)
Seung-Mok Yoo
Won-cheol Shim
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David Joseph Anselmo ... Special Forces Commander
Michael Frederick Arnold ... Attack Pilot Last Scene
Michael Arnold ... Attack Pilot Last Scene
Steve M. Choe
Jon Emm ... Colonel

Leif Gantvoort ... Major
Edwards Garrett
Clinton Morgan
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Directed by
Kwang-Hyun Park 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jin Jang  play
Joong Kim  writer
Kwang-Hyun Park  writer

Produced by
Sang-ho Choi .... producer
Jin Jang .... executive producer
Jin Jang .... producer
Sang-yong Ji .... producer
Chi-hoon Kim .... associate producer
Woo-Taek Kim .... executive producer
Euna Lee .... producer
Eun-ha Lee .... producer
Sang-jun Ma .... executive producer
Jeong Tae-Sung .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Joe Hisaishi 
 
Cinematography by
Sang-ho Choi 
 
Film Editing by
Steve M. Choe 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sang-eun Lee .... assistant director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Man-gyu Lee .... lighting director
 
Music Department
Joe Hisaishi .... conductor
 
Other crew
Joong Kim .... visual supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
133 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
It has been assumed there is no village in either of the Koreas with the name "Dongmakgol". However, there is a small village near Jecheon, South Korea that is named Dongmakgol. more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
The only thing that stinks about this movie is..., 22 January 2007
9/10
Author: rooprect from New York City

The only thing that stinks about this movie is... what am I going to follow it with? Dongmakgol is such a memorable, powerful experience that I'm afraid to watch another movie lest the next one be a dud.

The only reason I watched this film was that I heard Joe Hisaishi did the musical score. He of course did a brilliant job as always, but that's not even the tip of the iceberg. For one thing, it's the first *colourful* war film I've ever seen. What is it with war movies and drab, bleached sepia tones anyway? Hasn't that been done to death? Well, the gorgeous opening scene of an angelic girl standing in a meadow and watching a fighter plane crash ought to be enough to tell you that this is no cookie-cutter war movie. I'm about to cry just thinking of it.

*sob* give me a minute, willya

OK... moving along...

I won't pretend to say I know anything about the Korean War. I'll leave the political bickering to other IMDb posters. For me, this told a very timeless, human story which could have been set in any war. It is the story of two violent enemies who find something more important than their conflict.

I didn't care who was wearing which uniform, nor did I care who the "bad guys" were, nor did I even flinch when I, a red-blooded American, found myself occasionally hoping for an American soldier to be shot (a truly bizarre experience). I ignored all that stuff; it's all purely incidental. At any time, you could swap flags, and the story would be the same. Magical, humbling, emotional, funny and profoundly affecting.

I strongly recommend that ALL Americans SHOULD SEE THIS FILM. NOW. It's not a history lesson; it's a human lesson. And the message is extremely timely with what is going on in the world today. Leave your personal political views at the door, and allow yourself to be swept away by the poetry of this wonderful tale.

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