Welcome to Dongmakgol

Original title: Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol

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Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.

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7.6/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 10 nominations total

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Jeong Jae-yeong

Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa
(as Jae-yeong Jeong)

Shin Ha-kyun

2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul

Kang Hye-jeong

Yeo-il

Ha-ryong Lim

Jang Young-hee (North)

Seo Jae-kyeong

Army Medic Mun Sang-sang (South)
(as Jae-kyeong Seo)

Ryu Deok-hwan

Seo Taek-ki (North)
(as Deok-Hwan Ryu)

Steve Taschler

Smith

Jung Jae-jin

Mayor

Lee Yeong-ih

Nam-Hee Park

Jo Deok-hyeon

Teacher Kim
(as Duk-hyun Cho)

Yoo Seung-mok

Soo
(as Seung-mok Yoo)

Shim Won-cheol

David Anselmo

Special Forces Commander
(as David Joseph Anselmo)

Michael Arnold

Attack Pilot Last Scene

Michael Frederick Arnold

Attack Pilot Last Scene

Steve M. Choe

Jon Emm

Colonel

Director
- Kwang-Hyun Park
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Trivia
It was only supposed to cost around 4 billion won, as there were no big stars, mostly actors from or acquainted with Jang's Suda family through their past work. But filming and post-production CGI took much longer than expected, and the budget skyrocketed to 8 billion won, putting Jang's company in trouble: for a small production company like Film It Suda failing with this film would have been catastrophic.

Quotes
Teacher Kim: [in English] How are you?
Smith: What?
Teacher Kim: How are you?
Smith: How do you think I am, huh? I mean, how do you think I am? Look at me, huh? I mean, look at me! I'm tied up with sticks here. You know, I feel like shit! Like shit!
Village Chief: [in Korean] Not going well?
Teacher Kim: It's strange. You can see, like it says here, sir.
Village Chief: I can't read that.
Teacher Kim: Yes, sir. Well, if I say
[in English]
Teacher Kim: 'How are you?', he should say
[in English]
Teacher Kim: 'Fine, and you?'. That's the right American answer, so then I can say,
[in English]
Teacher Kim: 'I'm fine'. Only then is this a completed thing. But he's a bit...
Villager: Why isn't he doing as he should? Is he picking a fight?

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9/10

excellent ... if you are not afraid to see Americans as bad guys

Please excuse bad English, I am still learning :) This is excellent film but I think many Americans will dislike it because it shows American soldiers as "bad guys". In true war there is no "good guys". There is no John Wayne who is always right. This movie shows ugliness of war on all sides. But it is still very pleasant and happy movie to watch sometimes. It is not history lesson, it is fantasy. but still it tells truth about war which Hollywood has never done because Hollywood always shows good guys vs bad guys. Even though this is fantasy it is more real than any war movie I saw. I urge you see this movie regardless of what country you from. Pretend you take no sides. You will enjoy this movie.