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Welcome to Dongmakgol
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-08-04
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film It Suda, Showbox
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Jung Jae-young as Chief Comrade Lee Su-hwa
- Shin Ha-kyun as 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-chul
- Kang Hye-jung as Yeo-il
- Steve Taschler as Smith
- Im Ha-ryong as Jang Young-hee
- Seo Jae-kyeong as Army Medic Mun Sang-sang
- Ryu Deok-hwan as Seo Taek-ki
- Jung Jae-jin as Mayor
- Jo Deok-hyeon as Teacher Kim
- Hong Ye-in as Dong-ku's Mother
- Lee Yong-nyeo as Elder Mother (uncredited)
- Park Nam-hee as Mayor's Wife (uncredited)
Crew
- Bae Jong - Director
- Joong Kim - Writer
- Jang Jin - Writer
- Bae Jong - Writer
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