Vote on this title
Click on a gene to vote or discover related titles.
-
Mood:
- EmotionalRoughCaptivatingBleakSuspenseful
-
Plot:
- SoldierSiblings RelationsMilitary LifeBattlesMilitaryFamily RelationsSurvivalHeroes
-
Genres:
- DramaWarForeignActionHistoricalPeriod
-
Time/Period:
- 20th Century40s50s
-
Place:
- AsiaKoreaBattle Zone
-
Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
-
Style:
- EpicGory
-
Based on:
- Based on True Story
-
Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
-
Flag:
- Strong Violent Content
Does this gene fit Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War?
Find it on:
| IMDb | |
| Rotten Tomatoes |
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, 2004
Korean
South Korea
Profile of Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War can be described as emotional, captivating, and rough. The plot revolves around military life, sibling relations, and family relations. The main genres are drama, foreign, and war. In terms of style, it is epic and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a battlezone. It is located in Korea. It takes place in the 1950s. It is originally a true story. It has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves strong violent content.
Summary of Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Brothers Jin-Seok (Bin Won) and Jin-Tae (Dong-Kun Jang) come from a family whose unremitting struggle with poverty has led them to place all their hopes in Jin-seok, the younger of the two. His older brother Jin-Tae shines shoes in order to raise money to send him to university, while their mother runs a noodle shop; the patriarch has passed away, leaving the little family to fend for themselves. Their precarious aspirations are shattered by the outbreak of the Korean War, when Jin-Seok is drafted and Jin-Tae joins up as well, in order to work for his brother's release. He has neither the influence nor the financial means to send Jin-Seok back home; his only hope lies in the acceptance of dangerous missions that will earn him the Medal of Honor and his brother's release. Jin-Seok, however, does not understand his brother's intentions, and mistakes his valiant bravery for misplaced patriotism and greedy ambition, until finally and tragically he is confronted by the truth. Upon its release, this moving war drama became the hightest-grossing film in Korea.
Details
| Language: | Korean |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Release date: | 3 September 2004 |
| Runtime: | 140 min |
Cast and Crew
as Jin-tae Lee
as Jin-seok Lee
as Young-shin Kim
Photos
Clips
Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
- |
- by: Robert K. Elder
Los Angeles Times
- |
- by: Kenneth Turan
