Recently, two war-themed movies have entered the attention of mainland audiences. "War of Mine" and "Incheon Landing Operation" are very coincidentally related to the same war - the Korean War.
Last year's neat "Assassination" surprised mainland audiences: Anti-Japanese films could have been shot like this! The "Main Theme" movie incorporates various elements of commercial blockbusters in the hands of Korean directors, which is of great viewing value and entertainment. But when it came to "Incheon Landing Operation", it was obvious that the "magic drama" routine of "killing one thousand enemies and self-destructing eight" was followed. The protagonist and the villain originally belonged to the same nation, but due to historical and political reasons, they became opposites. In a way, the film shows the maddening and unprovoked twist of capitalism against communism.
Fuck your dad's doctrine, I'm for my mom
Zhang Xuexu, played by Lee Jung-jae, joined MacArthur's army. When asked why he joined the war, he replied "I want to protect my mother", a warm and sad reason.
In the classification of ideology, the so-called "universal value" is also one of them. The value orientation recognized by most people in society is one of the most powerful ideologies. "Incheon Landing" is very ingenious, no, very cunning to convert the confrontation between the two ideologies - capitalism vs communism, into a universal resistance against communism. In the film, the supporters of communism are all portrayed as cold-blooded animals indifferent to human relations. In order to test Zhang Xuexiu, the villain Park Nanzhe talked about his idol Mitchkov. Mitchkov's sister was shot three times in the head by her brother because she believed in Christianity. The North Korean students studying at the time cheered.
More than ten minutes into the opening, a story involving religion, murder, and ethics completely portrays the crazy, violent, and cold-blooded image of the enemy. The brutality and indifference that the film endowed the communists was also an important factor in the development of the film. The protagonist Zhang Xuexiu was a loyal communist when he was young. One day, his companions held his father, a bourgeois reactionary, and asked Zhang Xuexiu to execute him personally. While Zhang Xuexiu was hesitating, his close friend shot and killed his father, saying that "ism is more important than family affection". Zhang Xuexiu has since fled to South Korea and joined the camp against North Korea, so he has this film~ This past story was told when the heroine was resisting. Then, the heroine's spy uncle was captured by North Korean officers and soldiers and executed. . Because she did not "draw the line" in time, the heroine was despised and humiliated by her companions, and she assisted Zhang Xuexiu and others in their actions.
At this time, the movie released a very clear signal: the cruel and ruthless enemy will eventually be betrayed by everyone.
Communism is not communism, assets are not assets
In the film, Zhang Xuexiu participated in the reception banquet. When entering the restaurant, there was a small shot of a North Korean soldier sitting on a chair at the door, and a little boy in ragged clothes was squatting on the ground to polish his shoes. This short shot, which seems to have nothing to do with the plot, quite arrogantly satirizes the "non-communism" of communism.
In the South Korean team, there is also a pair of partners who aptly echo this. The young master and the servant, when the identity of the pair of characters is revealed, the mortal flag flutters in the wind, and at the same time, it also shows the justice atmosphere of mutual respect and elimination of class in the bourgeois ranks.
Halfway through the film, the flag comes into play. The former young master and servant, the two hot-blooded men who are now fighting side by side, are captured by the North Korean army and are about to be executed.
In the sad tune, the young master with blood on his face said with a smile: If there is an afterlife, I will let you be the eldest brother, Brother Taizhong. At this time, the servant finally broke through the shackles of the class, cried and called out the name of the young master, and then the bullet pierced his head, and the two sacrificed. Compared with this kind of symbiotic friendship, which is unparalleled, the North Korean army is simply inferior. Park Nanzhe arbitrarily executed subordinates who neglected their duties. During the battle, not only did he not rescue his opponents, but he even grabbed civilians to block guns for himself.
At this time, the movie released a very obvious signal: cruel and ruthless enemies will not only persecute opponents, but also harm supporters, because supporters are closer! Through various settings, the film portrays the communists of the Northern Dynasties as selfish, dehumanizing, cold-blooded and brutal killing machines that turn black from the inside out. Ostolowski wrote in "How Steel Is Tempered": A man's life should be spent like this. When he looks back on the past, he does not regret for wasting his time, nor is he ashamed for being mediocre. When he was dying, he was able to say: "My life and all my experiences are dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world - the struggle for the liberation of mankind!" In the movie, the protagonist Zhang Xuexiu thought of his own mother before he died. He even felt sorry for his mother for sacrificing himself for his country.
The most emotional part of the film is also the part that shows family affection: the team members secretly met their children on the truck by the wall; Zhang Xuexiu secretly looked at his mother from a distance; in the army, the mother thought she saw the smiling face of her son. The movie magnifies the warmth, sadness, equality, friendship, and tenacity of the protagonists countless times, and it also emphasizes the ruthlessness and brutality of the villains again and again. Fang points belong to different ideological camps. Black for black's sake, cut value. But it is undeniable that for the people who do not know the truth, even if this is really a bad movie, it really blacks out their beliefs.
One death is tragedy, one million deaths is data
Supplement: Regarding the Korean War On June 25, 1950, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) suddenly launched an attack on the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and within three days they drove straight in and captured Seoul, the capital of South Korea. On the day of the war, the United Nations Security Council overwhelmingly passed Resolution 82, declaring North Korea's move as aggression and urging it to cease fire immediately.
However, the war continued for three years with the support of the two major ideological camps. The war stretched across the entire Korean peninsula. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were slaughtered. The Chinese People's Volunteers sacrificed 183,108 in the war. People, China has been indebted to the Soviet Union for 15 years for this battle, and the death toll of the United Nations army is close to 630,000. Among them, the Inchon landing operation was a turning point, which completely reversed the defeat of South Korea. The United Nations army led by MacArthur brought a heavy blow to the Korean People's Army. It was not until the Chinese Volunteer Army joined that it gradually eased its pressure.
At 10:00 am on July 27, 1953, the two sides signed the ceasefire agreement of the Korean Armistice Agreement and the Provisional Supplementary Agreement on the Armistice Agreement at Panmunjom. The final result of the negotiation was to establish a demilitarized zone near the 38th parallel at 22:00 on July 27, 1953 on the line of actual control between the two sides.
On March 5, 2013, the spokesperson of the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army announced that North Korea would not recognize the "Korean Armistice Agreement".
Today, South Korea has become one of the richest countries in Asia, and its strong economic activity and cultural output have attracted worldwide attention. The land on which the volunteers shed their blood is far ahead in another dimension. North Korea, which fell into economic collapse in the 1990s, is still the most mysterious, authoritarian, isolated, and poorest country in the world.
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