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Mood:
- CaptivatingRoughTense
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Plot:
- Wartime LifeLife is a BitchMilitarySoldierUninhibited RivalryCaptivityMilitary LifeBattles more...
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Genres:
- DramaWarForeignPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- Korea
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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Mai wei, 2011
Korean, Japanese, Russian
South Korea
Profile of Mai wei
The mood of Mai wei is captivating, tense, and rough. The plot centers around wartime life, military, and themes of life is a bitch. It is a drama, foreign, and period movie. In approach, Mai wei is serious and realistic. The setting is Korea. It happens in the 1930s. Mai wei is originally a true story. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Mai wei
Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.
Details
| Language: | Korean, Japanese, Russian |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Release date: | April 2012 |
| Runtime: | 137 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jun-shik Kim
as Tatsuo Hasegawa
as Shirai
as Lee Jong-dae
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