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Welcome to Dongmakgol

Original title: Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol
  • 2005
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 13m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
7.7K
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Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
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Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.

  • Director
    • Kwang-Hyun Park
  • Writers
    • Jin Jang
    • Joong Kim
    • Kwang-Hyun Park
  • Stars
    • Jeong Jae-yeong
    • Shin Ha-kyun
    • Kang Hye-jeong
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    7.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Writers
      • Jin Jang
      • Joong Kim
      • Kwang-Hyun Park
    • Stars
      • Jeong Jae-yeong
      • Shin Ha-kyun
      • Kang Hye-jeong
    • 41User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 10 nominations

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    Jeong Jae-yeong
    Jeong Jae-yeong
    • Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa
    • (as Jae-yeong Jeong)
    Shin Ha-kyun
    Shin Ha-kyun
    • 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul
    Kang Hye-jeong
    Kang Hye-jeong
    • Yeo-il
    Ha-ryong Lim
    • Jang Young-hee (North)
    Seo Jae-kyeong
    • Army Medic Mun Sang-sang (South)
    • (as Jae-kyeong Seo)
    Ryu Deok-hwan
    Ryu Deok-hwan
    • Seo Taek-ki (North)
    • (as Deok-Hwan Ryu)
    Steve Taschler
    • Smith
    Jung Jae-jin
    • Mayor
    Lee Yeong-ih
      Nam-Hee Park
      Jo Deok-hyeon
      • Teacher Kim
      • (as Duk-hyun Cho)
      Yoo Seung-mok
      • Soo
      • (as Seung-mok Yoo)
      Shim Won-cheol
        David Anselmo
        David Anselmo
        • Special Forces Commander
        • (as David Joseph Anselmo)
        Michael Arnold
        • Attack Pilot Last Scene
        Michael Frederick Arnold
        • Attack Pilot Last Scene
        Steve M. Choe
        Jon Emm
        • Colonel
        • Director
          • Kwang-Hyun Park
        • Writers
          • Jin Jang
          • Joong Kim
          • Kwang-Hyun Park
        • All cast & crew
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        Storyline

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        • Trivia
          It was only supposed to cost around 4 billion won, as there were no big stars, mostly actors from or acquainted with Jang's Suda family through their past work. But filming and post-production CGI took much longer than expected, and the budget skyrocketed to 8 billion won, putting Jang's company in trouble: for a small production company like Film It Suda failing with this film would have been catastrophic.
        • Quotes

          Teacher Kim: [in English] How are you?

          Smith: What?

          Teacher Kim: How are you?

          Smith: How do you think I am, huh? I mean, how do you think I am? Look at me, huh? I mean, look at me! I'm tied up with sticks here. You know, I feel like shit! Like shit!

          Village Chief: [in Korean] Not going well?

          Teacher Kim: It's strange. You can see, like it says here, sir.

          Village Chief: I can't read that.

          Teacher Kim: Yes, sir. Well, if I say

          [in English]

          Teacher Kim: 'How are you?', he should say

          [in English]

          Teacher Kim: 'Fine, and you?'. That's the right American answer, so then I can say,

          [in English]

          Teacher Kim: 'I'm fine'. Only then is this a completed thing. But he's a bit...

          Villager: Why isn't he doing as he should? Is he picking a fight?

        User reviews41

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        8/10

        Amazing film!

        I just cant believe how much I became fond of the characters and hows visually beautiful this film is. The score is gently leading you along as this touching tale unfolds.

        The different layers of the story adds much deserved humanity to the characters - which were well cast. Especially the crazy girl of the village (Hye-jeong Kang from the film Old Boy).

        The film brings together the South Korean/American Allies and the Communist North so that they saw eye to eye as human beings, due to the example of innocence radiating from the village. I'm looking forward to the director of Welcome to Dongmakgol's future work.

        Basically a really really good film! Korean cinema is really finding its way.

        Many Thanks, Ricky Thind
        • RickyThind
        • Jan 9, 2006
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        • Release date
          • August 4, 2005 (South Korea)
        • Country of origin
          • South Korea
        • Official site
          • Official site (South Korea)
        • Languages
          • Korean
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Làng Dongmakgol
        • Filming locations
          • Korea
        • Production company
          • Film It Suda
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        • Gross worldwide
          • $32,065,527
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        Tech specs

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        • Runtime
          2 hours 13 minutes
        • Sound mix
          • Dolby Digital
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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