Movie
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Overview
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-02-05
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kang Je-gyu Films, KD Media, Seoul Broadcasting System, Tooniverse, Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Showbox
- Country
- South Korea, United States of America
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Jang Dong-gun as Lee Jin-tae
- Won Bin as Lee Jin-seok
- Lee Eun-ju as Kim Young-shin
- Gong Hyung-jin as Yong-man
- Lee Young-ran as Mother
- Jang Min-ho as Old Lee Jin-seok
- Jo Yoon-hee as Jin-seok's Grandaughter
- An Kil-kang as Sergeant Huh
- Park Gil-su as Excavation Team Leader
- Jung Jin as Pfc. Im
- Jo Woon as Platoon Soldier #1
- Hwang Taek-ha as Platoon Soldier #2
Crew
- Kang Je-kyu - Director
- Kang Je-kyu - Screenplay
- Kim Sang-don - Screenplay
- Han Ji-hoon - Screenplay
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