71: Into the Fire
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 속으로 |
| Revised Romanization | Pohwa sogeuro |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pohwa sokŭro |
| Directed by | John H. Lee (Lee Jae-han) |
| Produced by | Choi Myeong-gi Jeong Tae-won |
| Written by | Lee Man-hee Kim Dong-woo John H. Lee Jeong Tae-won |
| Starring |
Cha Seung-won Kwon Sang-woo Choi Seunghyun (T.O.P) Kim Seung-woo |
| Music by | Lee Dong-joon |
| Cinematography | Choi Chan-min |
| Edited by | Choi Min-yeong Kim Chang-joo |
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Taewon Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Running time
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120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $20,967,660 |
71: Into the Fire (Korean: 포화 속으로) is a 2010 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee. The film was made in commemoration of those who fought during the Korean War, to raise awareness of the existence and importance of the student-soldiers during that period.
The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student-soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong. For 11 hours, they defended the local P'ohang girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the struggling Nakdong River perimeter, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, specifically the feared 766th Unit.
Oh Jang-Beom is a volunteer militia student-soldier in a battle inside Yeongdeok, North Gyeongsang Province. He is ordered to run around and deliver supplies to soldiers in need, and help with any injured soldiers. As the city is later overrun with North Korean troops, he is grabbed by Lieutenant Kim Jun-Seop and pulled behind a building to hide with him and his platoon. They move through the alleyways where they run into North Korean forces attacking from both ends of the narrow alley. Kim and Jang-Beom survive the bloody firefight. A surviving North Korean mortally wounds the lieutenant. The North Korean soldier is killed by South Korean reinforcements, and they help the wounded officer to a field hospital in Pohang. Feeling guilty, Jang-Beom stays with the commander, and tries to comfort him, but he soon dies from loss of blood and his wounds.
Oh Jang-beom is later forced into becoming the leader of a student-soldier unit, as he is one of only three of the students in his school who has combat experience, and all regular soldiers are needed at the Nakdong River. One night, they repel a group of North Koreans from the 766th Unit, 5th Division, North Korean People's Army. Later, while writing a note to his mother, he wonders why they have to be at war. The next day, while on patrol, they come under fire from a North Korean sniper. They pursue the sniper, who leads them to a field, where enemy soldiers are lying in wait. The students are ambushed and suffer heavy casualties. Oh Jang-beom and several other students survive. A student soldier, Ku Kap-Jo, personally stabs a commando to death in the battle. Jang-beom and Kap-Jo run into a young North Korean child soldier, and Gu Kap-Jo kills him, ignoring Oh Jang-Beom's pleas. Morale is considerably lowered by the outcome of the skirmish. Meanwhile, the captain of the soldiers recently stationed at the school is under attack. Later, a student soldier, Dal-Young, is captured by the North Koreans while patrolling and is interrogated for information about the schools' defense. Park Mu-Rang, a high-ranking North Korean officer commanding the 766th, enters the tent where he is being interrogated. Being a father, Park Mu-Rang sympathizes with the student, and returns him to the school uninjured. When he arrives, he tells Oh Jang-Beom that in 2 hours from that point, his North Korean troops would occupy the school, and that if Oh Jang-Beom flies a white flag above the school, Park Mu-Rang would spare the lives of all the students. Remembering his orders, Oh Jang-Beom tells Park Mu-Rang that they will see each other here in 2 hours. Kap-Jo is angered by Dal-Young's agreement with the North Koreans, and the two fight for a short time, being interrupted by Yong-Bae, who, out of mercy, had just killed his younger brother, who was mortally wounded in the ambush. Afterwards, Gu Kap-Jo declares that he is going to Nakdong River, and leaves with his friend, Chang-Wu. Shortly after leaving, Gu Kap-Jo and Chang-Wu encounter a North Korean truck filled with supplies that was stuck in the road. They pretend to be friends of the North Korean forces and offer to help the soldiers. After successfully getting the truck unstuck, the North Korean soldiers prompt Kap-Jo with some questions, and wait for Kap-Jo's response.
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