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Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
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Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Original name: 웰컴 투 동막골
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
Style: uplifting, touching, emotional, realistic, serious, funny, philosophical, sexy, feel good, political ...
Plot: anti war, soldier, korean war, human spirit, friendship, military, isolation, wartime life, fish out of water, hopes, misfit, rescue, village life, culture clash, disorder, behind enemy lines, tragedy, killing an animal, village, cold war, wartime, massacre, nationalism, asian, conflict ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: korea, north korea, south korea, asia
Keyword: korean, retrospective, north korean

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The Front Line (2011)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.7
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