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  • Actors: Dong-Kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee
  • Directors: Je-gyu Kang
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: E1 Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 142 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000GCF890
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,744 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A big, bruising epic of the Korean War, Tae Guk Gi or Brotherhood smashed box-office records when it played in South Korea in 2004, almost as though the country needed to re-live the trauma at a 50-year distance. For the rest of the world, this movie looks like a ground-level reckoning in a melodramatic key, with an authentic feel for battle lines as well as home front. It follows two brothers--one uneducated and forceful, the other intellectual and reserved--as they are united and then divided by the conflict. The broadly emotional story has some of the power of tales of the American Civil War, when family members found themselves on opposite sides of a battle. Director Kang Je-gyu , who made the lively female-assassin hit Shiri, takes a blunt approach to the material (including a Saving Private Ryan-style framing device). And at 150 minutes, he has plenty of time for head-splitting, blood-spraying combat. This movie is meant as a punch in the stomach, and it connects. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com

Synopsis

Brothers Jin-Seok (Bin Won) and Jin-Tae (Dong-Kun Jang) come from a family whose unremitting struggle with poverty has led them to place all their hopes in Jin-seok, the younger of the two. His older brother Jin-Tae shines shoes in order to raise money to send him to university, while their mother runs a noodle shop; the patriarch has passed away, leaving the little family to fend for themselves. Their precarious aspirations are shattered by the outbreak of the Korean War, when Jin-Seok is drafted and Jin-Tae joins up as well, in order to work for his brother's release. He has neither the influence nor the financial means to send Jin-Seok back home; his only hope lies in the acceptance of dangerous missions that will earn him the Medal of Honour and his brother's release. Jin-Seok, however, does not understand his brother's intentions, and mistakes his valiant bravery for misplaced patriotism and greedy ambition, until finally and tragically he is confronted by the truth. Upon its release, this moving war drama became the highest-grossing film in Korea.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant!!!, 3 April 2006
By B. J. Leigh (Manchester) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brotherhood [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
I bought it hoping for a half descent war film. I got far more than I expected. I was actually choking with a little emotion before it even got properly started.

It's been said the opening is too long. I didn't think it was. It allowed me to get to know the two main characters, their simplicity and uncomplication. They were not politicians, idealists or warriors. Just ordinary men with happy and contented lives...
suddenly they are pulled from a crowd and forced to fight. I don't think they even got training. Experience and survival was their only lessons.

I don't know much about the korean war but if half of this film is based on fact it must have been a terrible time and place to live in.

This film must be heavily influenced by Saving Private Ryan but then goes a step beyond. For example in one scene the men get shelled. The best I ever saw. I almost felt the fear of being buried alive by tons of dirt from the 'splash!'. The fighting is far more savage with both sides resorting to fists and bricks. Its gory, its sad and sometimes very disturbing. Because it also shows that human beings can be brutal even to those that share language, boundaries and even childhoods.

And the ending had me close to tears. Its the most original way to finish. I can't say why without ruining the impact so I will say Im not one who tends to be touched by films but this one hit the spot.

So excellant!!! And thank god they didn't mess it up by dubbing over the sound. Anyone who has seen both versions of Stalingrad will know what I mean.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best ever, 11 April 2008
By M. J. Rossiter (UK) - See all my reviews
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I am not the biggest fan of war films, but enjoyed Saving Private Ryan and Full Metal Jacket, but this one is the best. Forget it has subtitles because it doesn't matter as there isn't an awful lot of dialogue and it's very easy to follow.
It is the moat graphic war film I have ever seen, making Ryan look insipid. It was the most expensive film ever made in Korea, and watching it you will see why. Fantastic photography, beautifully acted with a simple story. It is also very emotional, and I dare you not to cry when watching it.
It also won many awards in its home country
I think I must rate this as one of my favourite ever, and I think anyone who watches it could easily feel as I do about it
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An epic war film of great emotional depth and complexity, 26 Nov 2005
This review is from: Brotherhood [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
For those you who usually make a point of only watching Hollywood movies, this might well be the film to make you change your mind about non-western cinema. The is a big-budget, highly professional film about the fate of two brothers through the chaos of the Korean war. The acting is first rate throughout, with the elder of the two brothers worthy of particular note. The story moves from the accidental and involuntary enlisting of the brothers into the South Korean army, their rude introduction to the horrors of war and the gradual deterioration of their relationship. The battle scenes are spectacular, capturing all the messy confusion of the front line and the visceral brutality and intimacy of trench warfare, and the evolution of the brothers relationship is gradual and credible. One of the films particular virtues is the wealth of background characters who give the viewer a sense of the sheer variety of personalities within a single unit, and the way in which the war affected each individual differently. They also provide many of the films most comic and tragic moments. For those who might be concerned that a film about the Korean War produced by South Korea would be somewhat partisan, let me assure you that this film is anything but one-sided. The film portrays both sides with great sympathy and at the same time an unflinching willingness to convey the brutalities committed on each side. Honour and love, hatred and violence are all depicted with equal candour. To describe the ending as heartbreaking is no overstatement. All in all, a modern masterpiece, easily the equal of A Thin Red Line or Saving Private Ryan. Watch this film. You will not regret it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, 1 small gripe
Very good efficient delivery. The only thing is that the actual dvd was loose in the box and as it was a present i didn't want to unwrap it from the plastic covering. Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Buckley

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome movie
Brotherhood is, quite simply, one of the best war films ever made. It is completely un-hollywood so is unpretentious in its story telling. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. J. R. Mourino

5.0 out of 5 stars A great film and a true story too!!!
This is the very first Korean film I've ever seen and if this is anything to go by then I'll be looking for more. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dazman

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
This is simply a must see film both brilliantly shot and extremely emotional. Do not be put off by the sub-titles.
Korea's Saving Private Ryan
Published 10 months ago by Glen Geeves

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another good film to leave the shores of Korea.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Yawn
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Published 12 months ago by Shawyer

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful acting risible plot
Dreadful excitable acting - jumping up and down screaming
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Published 13 months ago by Chosroes

4.0 out of 5 stars "We Live And Die Together"
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Published 18 months ago by Mark Pearce

2.0 out of 5 stars Coming at it from a different angle
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Published 20 months ago by Ben Collings

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterful!
Ive just finished watching this and felt immediately compelled to write a review, this is probably the best war film ive ever seen! Read more
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