Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Kwang-Hyun Park

Writers:

Jin Jang (play)
Joong Kim (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

4 August 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War

Plot:

Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war. |

Plot Keywords:

Swarm Of Bees | North Korea | South Korea | Nationalism | Popcorn

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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

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

Production Companies

• Film It Suda

Distributors

• Nikkatsu (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Showbox Entertainment (2005) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Subway Cinema (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Nikkatsu (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Showbox (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Sky Entertainment Distribution (2007) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Visionary Thinking (2005-2017) (Serbia) (all media)

Other Companies

• HFR  dailies
• HFR  digital intermediate
• Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra

Runtime:

133 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Korea

Company:

Film It Suda

Trivia:

Was selected in September 2005 to represent South Korea in the Best Foreign Film category at the 2006 Oscars. Although it was reportedly very well-received at the Academy screenings, it did not get nominated.

excellent ... if you are not afraid to see Americans as bad guys

Please excuse bad English, I am still learning :) This is excellent film but I think many Americans will dislike it because it shows American soldiers as "bad guys". In true war there is no "good guys". There is no John Wayne who is always right. This movie shows ugliness of war on all sides. But it is still very pleasant and happy movie to watch sometimes. It is not history lesson, it is fantasy. but still it tells truth about war which Hollywood has never done because Hollywood always shows good guys vs bad guys. Even though this is fantasy it is more real than any war movie I saw. I urge you see this movie regardless of what country you from. Pretend you take no sides. You will enjoy this movie.