White Badge (1992)

Original title

하얀전쟁

Directed by

Chung Ji-young

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

15

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two South Korean soldiers grapple with the trauma of their time fighting in the Vietnam War. The film shows how their memories of combat continue to affect them years after returning home.

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What happens

White Badge (Korean: 하얀전쟁) is a 1992 South Korean war film directed by Chung Ji-young based on the book White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo. It was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, receiving the Grand Prix award in the fifth Tokyo International Film Festival. It depicts the experience of South Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War alongside American troops. White Badge follows the path of two South Korean soldiers as they struggle to deal with their experiences in the Vietnam War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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