Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

Original title

웰컴 투 동막골

Directed by

Park Kwang-hyun

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 201 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Korean War, soldiers from North and South Korea and an American pilot stumble upon a remote village that does not know about the war. The villagers take them in, and the soldiers slowly find common ground through shared daily life.

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What happens

Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean: 웰컴 투 동막골), also known as Battle Ground 625 (UK), is a 2005 South Korean war comedy-drama film. Based on the same-titled long-running stage play by filmmaker/playwright Jang Jin, Park Kwang-hyun's debut film was a commercial and critical success. The story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded village, its residents largely unaware of the outside world, including the war. It was South Korea's official entry for the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards in 2005, and at the time the fourth highest grossing South Korean film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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