The Front Line

The Front Line

  • Director: Hun Jang
  • Countries of origin: South Korea
  • Language: Korean, English
  • Release date: July 20, 2011
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Ön Cephe
  • "The Front Line" is a Korean War drama film directed by Hun Jang, written by 박상연 , starring Shin Ha-kyun and Kosoo . It was released in South Korea on July 20, 2011.
    The film is based on the Korean War period as the historical stage. It mainly tells the story of the eve of the signing of the armistice agreement. In order to occupy a high ground on the battlefield, the North and South still had to fight fiercely with each other   .
    The film was selected to represent Korea in the 2012 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film   and won the 제48회대종상영화제 Best Film Award.

    Details

    • Release date July 20, 2011
    • Filming locations South Korea
    • Production companies TPS Company, A-Po Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $11,018

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $7,188

    Gross worldwide

    $20,629,645

    Movie reviews

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    • By Oscar 2022-12-28 13:44:41

      Anti-war

      South Korea's anti-war film tells the story of the war between South Korea and North Korea for the L Heights, but there is no right or wrong. Some are just anti-war on both sides, but have to go to war, even at the last moment when the armistice agreement came into effect. All ended in death.
            Both sides are accused of collaborating with the enemy. This is forced by the war and needed for survival. Just like the line "the meaning of war" that appeared twice, I forgot at the end that...

    • By Julie 2022-12-24 23:19:33

      A reversal, gripping film

      In view of the fact that there are few films about the Korean War in China, I recommend this Korean War in the eyes of Koreans. To be fair, the details of the cruelty of the war in some places in the film are too exaggerated, but this is also the consistent style of the sticks, and the film adds points. It lies in the foreshadowing of the plot and the final big reversal. In history, they have long been subject to great powers. The painful experience of being colonized in modern history has...

    • By Freddy 2022-12-24 21:50:01

      Fate of the Peninsula

      If you are familiar with history books, you have to ask, where in the world is the most afflicted people? The people of the non-Korean peninsula are none other than the people of the Korean peninsula, whether in the past, now, or in the near future. The reason is also very simple. This peninsula will always be the flashpoint of geopolitical struggles. Here is a arena for major political forces. If you can see the essence clearly, you will understand that no matter how beautiful the people of...

    • By Jennings 2022-12-21 08:23:51

      Why fight?

      A movie that makes you think is a good movie.

      Every flesh and blood character inside,

      the goodness of the protagonist;

      Kim Soo Hyuk went from a shivering kid in the trenches to a tried and true fighter...

      And there's that sassy head with no expression...

      No previous war film has ever questioned the rationality of war like this film. Iron-blooded men should serve the country, die generously, and kill the enemy heroically.

      And this film will make you think...

    • By Kallie 2022-12-19 04:06:46

      live

      Shangganling, Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and Peng Dehuai are three terms that are well-known in China. At that time, the country did not want to fight, Mao was the main battle, and Peng went to the front. Of course, after the current domestic consensus, it is generally believed that the new regime won an unprecedented international position and gained a relatively long-term geopolitical security (but killed Mao Anying).
      Half a century of conflict on the Korean peninsula is the...

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    • By Tyrese 2023-09-07 21:00:21

      I haven't watched a war movie in a long...

    • By Rebeka 2023-09-07 16:09:10

      boring boring! No amount of sensationalism can change the tragic fate of the North and South Bang Wo Li...

    • By Trystan 2023-09-05 06:19:15

      The first 100 minutes of the script can be more refined, and the last 30 minutes are absolutely classic. Zhang Xun's storytelling ability is first-rate, and Shin Ha-kyun is still sturdy and has a profound reflection on the war. "Why are we fighting?" "Highland War" is the essence of North and South Korea....

    • By Charlotte 2023-08-13 18:07:08

      Three-and-a-half: The details are not well grasped. If the overall atmosphere is not so commercial, it should be 4 stars, but it is also the second best Korean War movie after the Taiji flag is...

    • By Harley 2023-07-27 07:17:51

      Benefit from a solid script that once wrote the "JSA" screenwriter. It seems that people have always liked to quarrel for the interests on paper, to fight for the boundaries drawn on the map, and to kill each other for the nouns that they themselves do not understand. As the characters in the play said, where are we and the enemy? Fight, we are fighting...

    Movie plot

    In the latter part of the Korean War, the two sides launched difficult truce negotiations, and military frictions still occurred from time to time. On L Heights at the forefront of the Eastern Front, the body of a squadron leader of the Southern Army was found, with internally used bullets left beside him. The higher degree of suspicion about its death and the ghost quickly arrange special anti-lieutenant Jiang Enbiao ( Shin Ha-Kyun...n
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film is the third work produced by director Hun Jang, who has directed the films "Movies are Movies" and "Brothers". 
    The screenwriter 박상연 is also the original novel author of "JSA Common Security Area", and is represented as "Queen of Seondeok".
    The film was established in September 2010. The actors gave up the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and officially started filming in Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do in....
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