Ode to My Father (2014)

Original title

국제시장

Directed by

Yoon Je-kyoon

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 139 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on his life from childhood through major events in South Korean history. He survives war, works abroad as a miner and nurse, and endures hardships to support his family.

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What happens

Ode to My Father (Korean: 국제시장) is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Starring Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, and Oh Dal-su, it depicts South Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man, as he experiences events such as the Hungnam evacuation of 1950 during the Korean War, the government's decision to dispatch nurses and miners to West Germany in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War. It is currently the seventh highest-grossing film in the history of South Korean cinema, with 14.2 million tickets sold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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