Taegukgi (film)

Taegukgi The Brotherhood of War Korean Taegukgi Hwinallimyo is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Jegyu. It stars Jang Donggun 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.

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. NDecades earlier, in June 1950, in the South Korean capital of Seoul, the Lee family go about their lives. Jintae Lee owns a shoeshine stand to pay for his younger brother Jinseoks education. Jintae also bought a silver pen for Jinseok. Jintaes fiance Youngshin works with the Lees 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. Jintae 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. Jintae 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 makes Jintae nominated for the medal. His combat experiences quickly brutalize him into a coldblood ruthless killer, which worries his horrified younger brother. ........

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