Taegukgi (film)
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 휘날리며 |
| Revised Romanization | Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'aegŭkki Hwinallimyŏ |
| Directed by | Kang Je-gyu |
| Produced by | Lee Seong-hun |
| Written by | Kang Je-gyu Han Ji-hun Kim Sang-don |
| Starring |
Jang Dong-gun Won Bin |
| Music by | Lee Dong-jun |
| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-Pyo |
| Edited by | Kyeong-hie Choi |
| Distributed by |
Samuel Goldwyn Films (United States) Showbox/Mediaplex (South Korea) |
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Running time
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148 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$12.8 million |
| Box office | $69,827,583 |
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean: 태극기 휘날리며; Taegukgi Hwinallimyeo) is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It stars Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin and tells the story of two brothers who are forcibly drafted into the South Korean army at the outbreak of the Korean War.
Kang Je-gyu made a name for himself directing Shiri and was able to attract top talent and capital to his new project, eventually spending USD $12.8 million on production. The film became one of the biggest successes in the South Korean film history up to that time, attracting 11.74 million people to the theatre, beating the previous record holder Silmido.
In 2003, while digging up remains at a Korean War battlefield to set up a memorial site, a South Korean army excavation team notifies an elderly man that they identified some remains as his own, after finding his name on the active list, not on KIA or MIA lists.
Decades earlier, in June 1950, in the South Korean capital of Seoul, the Lee family go about their lives. Lee Jin-tae owns a shoeshine stand to pay for his younger brother Jin-seok's education. Jin-tae also bought a silver pen for Jin-seok. Jin-tae's fiancée Young-shin works with the Lee's noodle shop. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invades South Korea. Both brothers are forcibly conscripted. They then become a part of the 1st Infantry Division, fighting at the Pusan Perimeter and then advancing north. Jin-tae is told by his commanding officer that if he can earn the highest award for a South Korean soldier, the Taeguk Cordon of the Order of Military Merit, his brother can be sent home. Jin-tae willingly volunteers for many dangerous missions and is quickly promoted to the rank of Chungsa (Sergeant). His heroic feats during the urban battle of Pyongyang finally result in Jin-tae being nominated for the medal. His combat experiences quickly brutalize him into a cold-blood ruthless killer, which worries his horrified younger brother.
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