Tae Guk Gi The Brotherhood Of War
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo) (2004) 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 fiancA© 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. ??Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilAwards: 13 wins & 13 nominationsBudget: $12,800,000 (estimated)Worldwide Gross: $76,287,982Soundtrack: Oppaneun punggakjaengi (Written by Kim Song Kyu and Park Yeong Ho)Je-kyu KangJang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee2004-09-24 (South Korea)tt0386064
