Stars: Dong-Kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee

Director: Je-gyu Kang

Summary: 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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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on October 10, 2006 9:15 AM

This film is on a par with the wonderful blockbuster Saving Private Ryan and will probably acheive cult status. Told through the eyes of two brothers, who have seen their family torn apart by the Korean war, Brotherhood is an epic and heart - wrenching story, which heralds the triumph of the human spirit in the midst of the overwhelming suffering and sacrifice. Plenty of gut - wrenching and very realistcally shot battle scenes make this never to be forgotten masterpiece a must for all war buffs. Good cast and plenty of extras make this a splendid addition to any DVD collection !

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A big, bruising epic of the Korean War, Tae Guk Gior Brotherhoodsmashed 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

Aspect Ratio:	21:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	Korean
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Audio Commentary With Bey Logan And Mike Leeder, Tears Of Fire Making Of Documentary, On Location Featurette, Captains Orders Interview With Director Jung Doo Hung, Battle Plans Animated Storyboard Gallery, The Colours Of War Animated Photo Gallery, Dont Look B
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2004
Release Date:	September 5, 2005
Runtime:	142 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C T D 51072
Keywords:	Subtitled, Two, Brotherhood, General, Edition, Dubbed, Drama, Platinum, Korean, Gi, Discs, Aka, Tae, Guk
Genre:	Drama