Completed - KOREAN - Drama - 86 minutes
The untold tragedy from the forgotten war
Year of production : 2009 Director(s) : Ssang-Woo LEE Cast : Sung-Keun MOON, Myoung-Cheol SHIN Producer(s) : Eun LEE (MYUNG FILMS)
To ten year old Jjang and his friends, the upcoming singing contest is more important than news of war. It is July, 1950, a month into the Korean War, but life for Jjang and his fellow residents of this small Southern Korean village remains simple: survive the heat and manage the little village dramas. War arrives abruptly when U.S. soldiers drive in and order all the villagers to leave, warning of incoming fighting. With children on their backs and carts laden with belongings, the villagers first head to the hills but are told to go south by U.S. soldiers who promise trucks to transport them. The villagers find no trucks and continue south on foot but are forced off the road. They spend the night on a river bank. The next day they continue south but are again forced off the road onto railroad tracks. War is not going well for the U.S. The U.S. army is making a disorganized retreat South and word is circulating that North Korean soldiers may be hiding among the South Korean refugees. As the villagers walk along the railroad, American planes swoop in without warning and strafe and bomb the civilians, killing many. The survivors seek shelter under a railroad bridge culvert. Then U.S. soldiers receive orders to fire on the villagers...
Country(ies) : KOREA (South)