Brotherhood (2004)

Brotherhood: Directed by Je-kyu Kang. With Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong. 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.

“Taegukgi to me was really refreshing. Iu0026#39;m used to (/tired of?) seeing war films about wars involving western countries, mainly the Vietnam war and WW II and this film made me like war films again, if only for a brief moment (I know western parties are involved in the Korean War as well, but the main characters here are Koreans). u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTaegukgi shows the audience a great (Korean) insight in the Korean War and besides this delivers it in a great story as well. The story of two brothers growing apart during wartime may seem a bit typical (and it would have been), but the director really takes his time getting into the story what results in a great compassion created by the viewer. Before seeing the film I knew little about the Korean War and when I visited Korea, my Korean friend insisted Iu0026#39;d watch this one and Iu0026#39;m happy he did. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film was a big blockbuster in Korea and I can understand why. It is a great film but above all the Koreans are really proud of their national history. Taegukgi does a great job putting a part of that history on screen for the world to see.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBesides this I would like to point out itu0026#39;s very interesting to see JSA and Welcome to Dongmakgol. Those two films (in addition to Taegukgi) give an even better insight in how the (South-) Koreans experience(d) the Korean war and the effect it had and in some way still has on the people of Korea.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI give it 8/10”