Welcome to Dongmakgol

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Movie: Welcome to Dongmakgol
Hangul: 웰컴 투 동막골
Director: Kwang-Hyun Park
Writer: Jang Jin, Joong Kim
Producer: Lee Eun-Ha, Jang Jin
Cinematographer: Choi Sang-Ho
Release Date: August 4, 2005
Runtime: 133 min
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Dongmakgol is a village in a remote mountain, isolated from the rest of the world and untouched by the ravages of the ongoing war in Korea. Fate brings the three fighting forces together: a U.S. fighter pilot whose plane crash-landed in the mountain, three retreating North Korean soldiers, and two South Korean soldiers who are lost. After a grenade destroys the food storage, they decide to stay and help the local farmers. In the process they slowly let go of their hatred for one another and build a sense of friendship. Meanwhile, the U.S. commanders believe there is a major North Korean military presence in the area where the plane went missing and plan a major air strike. In order to spare the village from complete destruction, the soldiers decide to work together to divert the attack, possibly sacrificing themselves in the process.

Notes

"Welcome to Dongmakgol" opened #1 at the South Korean box office selling 689,330 tickets on 387 screens during its opening August 5th-7th, 2005 weekend. The movie would sell a total of 8,008,622 tickets and become the #2 box office seller in 2005 ("The King and the Clown" took #1st).

Cast



Jung Jae-Young	Shin Ha-Kyun	Kang Hye-Jung	Steve Taschler	Lim Ha-Ryong
Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa	2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul	Yeo-il	Smith	Jang Young-hee



Seo Jae-Kyung	Ryu Deok-Hwan	Jung Jae-Jin	Jo Deok-Hyeon	Hong Ye-In
Army Medic Mun Sang-sang	Seo Taek-ki	Mayor	Teacher Kim	Dong-ku's mother

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Comments

Comment #2
miss aja Says:
Jul 19 2011 11:51 pm

1 of the best movie i ever watch. it make u smile, laugh, cry. it very peaceful
Comment #1
bowei Says:
Apr 08 2011 11:14 pm

A really good movie. not as good as 71 into the fire or Taeguk gi but its still good. like asian movies or should i say the good ones. u can't stop watching it. Theres really funny comedy slow mo parts. the akwardness between the north and south koreans is extremely funny. but there is still the realism of the war in it. there are some details that just don't seem right and how they all of a sudden got into their ending situation/ how they talk to the white guy and how they downplay .......well they downplay (spoiler) spoler spoiler spoiler spoiler --the death of________ into seeming like it was nothing or not too big when it shouldve been omg. 8 out of 10 then. its a watch :D