Jang Dong Gun, WonBin, The Late Lee Eun Joo
QUOTE
The full impact of brotherly love is shown in this touching Korean blockbuster that teams up superstars Jang Dong Gun and Won Bin. Its tale revolves around two brothers who are enlisted in the army by force during the outbreak of the Korean War in the 50's. Jang Dong Gun makes every effort to excel in his duties in order to achieve an early release from the military services for his younger brother (Won Bin). Unaware of his older brother's good intentions, the misunderstandings between the two involuntary soldiers keep on accumulating until the younger brother unintentionally comes across an un-posted letter to his family and makes a fateful decision ...
Breaking a new record in the history of Korean movies, TAEGUKGI devoured a production cost of $12.8 million. However, the expenses seem to have paid off well as it continued to become a week-long nationwide success selling no less than two million tickets in merely five days.
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Breaking a new record in the history of Korean movies, TAEGUKGI devoured a production cost of $12.8 million. However, the expenses seem to have paid off well as it continued to become a week-long nationwide success selling no less than two million tickets in merely five days.
Credit: YesAsia
QUOTE
Jin-tae (Jang Dong Gun) is a happy shoeshine boy, planning to marry Young-shin (Lee Eun Joo) soon. However, the outbreak of the Korean War (25 June 1950), Jin-tae and his younger brother, Jin-seok (Won Bin) are forcibly conscripted into the army. Jin-tae volunteers in every suicidal mission in order to earn the Medal of Honour, the only way that will secure the discharge of his younger brother. Jin-seok misunderstands Jin-tae's good intentions as an obsession with fame and glory. It is only at the fatal end that Jin-seok comes to realize the true meaning of his older brother's sacrifice.
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