Those who haven't seen it know it's a political film about the relationship between North and South Korea; those who have seen it will think it's a suspenseful film that explores human nature in a complex context. This historical background hinders, but facilitates, this friendship. This film actually gave the audience a misleading sense, as if the four soldiers guarding the border between North and South Korea had formed a deep friendship, chatting together every day, playing boring games together, reading pornographic magazines together, and giving gifts together. Celebrating birthdays, but careful analysis we can actually find that they have always had grudges against each other, because they belong to different political systems, obey different commanders, have different ideologies, and bleed the same blood, but the heart of pumping blood is early. It's different. They can have fun, but they don't really accept each other. They are still enemies. Why do you say this, because Li Shuiyi killed the second soldier Zheng; Sergeant Wu said he didn't blame Li Shuiyi, because he would have done the same. They are still enemies. Why did Li Shuiyi commit suicide in the end? He just felt sorry for what he had done. He didn't take the lighter that Sergeant Wu returned to him. He felt ashamed of him. And the reason why he didn't kill Sergeant Wu was because he had saved his life. He wanted to pay for his life. So I don't actually think that this movie sings about the great friendship between North and South Korea, everything is just ordinary emotions of people. This kind of analysis is too nihilistic. Isn't it a great victory of human nature that they can form such a friendship against such a historical background? In such a historical context, we should not be afraid to discuss human nature. On the contrary, we should talk about it, because at that time, what is most lacking is the emotion of normal people.
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