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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404969414
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1404969411
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Running Time: 140 minutes
Sales Rank: 7183
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Description:
In the powerful tradition of Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers comes this box-office hit from Korea.From the director of Shiri comes the epic tale of two brothers. Jin-tae, a shoemaker, has worked tirelessly to provide money for the younger Jin-seok to go to college. But each of their hopes and dreams are shattered when both are forced to join the army against their will. Torn away from home and family, Jin-tae vows to protect Jin-seok despite the dangers–and the cost. In the searing crucible of battle, fate intervenes, forcing their bonds of faith, love and trust to be tested time and again in this suspense-filled, action-packed war drama.
Amazon.com:
A big, bruising epic of the Korean War, Tae Guk Gi smashed box-office records when it played in South Korea in 2004, almost as though the country needed to re-live the trauma at a 50-year distance. For the rest of the world, this movie looks like a ground-level reckoning in a melodramatic key, with an authentic feel for battle lines as well as home front. Tae Guk Gi follows two brothers--one uneducated and forceful, the other intellectual and reserved--as they are united and then divided by the conflict. The broadly emotional story has some of the power of tales of the American Civil War, when family members found themselves on opposite sides of a battle. Director Kang Je-gyu , who made the lively female-assassin hit Shiri, takes a blunt approach to the material (including a Saving Private Ryan-style framing device). And at 150 minutes, he has plenty of time for head-splitting, blood-spraying combat. This movie is meant as a punch in the stomach, and it connects. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Best War Movie Ever
I was riveted to the screen watching this movie, I was outside of myself sucked into this well told story. I lived in Korea in the US Army during 1968. I love these people, they also have the 5th largest standing Army in the World. I believe this movie won ever award offered in Asia.
This movie makes Saving Private Ryan look like a tear jerker. The battle scenes, the action, the back story, the treatment of civilians tells the story of many war stories, but told here the very best.
America will never come close to being so realistic in battle scenes. This movie brought South Korea to their knees in honor of their veterans. I applaud the technical achievements, the training of the extras, the cinematography, the acting. If someone said in a previous review that there was overacting you don't understand the passionate nature of the Korean people.
I will say something about the battle worthiness of the ROK (Republic of Korea Army). In Vietnam when ROK soldiers showed up the North Koreans did not want to get into combat with them. The reality of battle is real in their minds and they fight to kill. Americans during Vietnam were citizen soldiers, the ROK Army are professional in every instant of the world.
I bow in reverence to this movie.
Rating: - Outstaning!
5 Stars! This movie is amazing and epic. Why havent more people seen this movie?
A war movie, about two brothers, whose love was stronger then any war.
I've seen "Tae Guk Gi" on the shelf at the video many times, I always passed it up. Finally I took the plunge, all I can say is wow!
The battle scenes are amazing, very realistic and action packed.
The storyline of this movie is incredible.
I've watched alot of foreign films, some good, some bad, this movie is a "gem"!
Highly, highly recommended!
Rating: - sad and perfect
I watched this movie a year ago, and was left absolutely blown away. I immediately watched it again a week later with my girlfried, and then a week later we both watched it again with her parents. Without meaning to sound soft, I was driven to tears every time I watched it, and so were those with whom I watched it. I decided to check out the reviews, just to see what other people thought of this movie, and I have to say, I literally CANNOT BELIEVE that critics are describing this as a rip off of Saving Private Ryan. Even if you LOVED this film, I still cannot understand how you would compare it to SPR. This movie is in an entirely different league. It has more heart and more sorrow than most war movies I have ever seen, and I would have to say it is one of the most moving movies I have ever seen. I really wish it was adapted from a book so I could read that. But as it stands, I will just have to keep watching the movie.
Anyway, the sole reason I am posting this comment is to convince anyone reading these reviews that this movie should not be compared with Saving Private Ryan (which I liked, by the way), and it is far more than worth what you would pay for it.
Rating: - Better than PVT Ryan!
This incredible story brings a different perspective to the Korean conflict and is played beautifully by the actors whose names I unfortunately don't remember. The plot is riveting and heart-wrenching. I urge you to see this film. You won't regret it.
Rating: - Perfect in every way
This movie impressed me very much. It is beautifully shot and expertly written. The story appeals to everyone as it is truly about the family ties that bind and how those same ties can also separate us. It is about war, too, of course and how much it changes people-and not for the better. Be sure to check out the special features to hear first hand accounts from South Korean veterans and all the extras from the actors and director. I loved it and I think anyone that is a history/war buff will, too.
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