71: Into the Fire (2010)

Original title

포화 속으로

Directed by

Lee Jae-han

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h

Rated

14A

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 213 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of poorly trained and underarmed student soldiers hold a strategic school against a massive North Korean attack during the Korean War. They face overwhelming odds over a long, brutal day of fighting.

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What happens

71: Into the Fire (Korean: 포화 속으로) is a 2010 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and starring Cha Seung-won, Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Seung-hyun, and Kim Seung-woo. The film was made in commemoration of those who fought during the Korean War. The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student volunteer soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong. For 11 hours, they defended the local P'ohang girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the struggling Nakdong River perimeter, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, specifically the feared 766th Unit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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