Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

– When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest miss..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 20 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
태극기 휘날리며
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) - Also known as 태극기 휘날리며

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.

Release Date:

24 Sep 2004

Language:

Korean

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Je-kyu Kang

Writer:

Richard Epcar (dubbed version), Ji-hoon Han, Je-kyu Kang, Sang-don Kim

Main Actors:

Dong-Gun Jang, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong

Plot:

In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.

Awards:

12 wins & 7 nominations.

Gross profit:

$900,994

Production:

IDP

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
Metacritic:
64%