The Long Way Home (Korean: 서부전선; RR: Seobu Jeonseon; lit. Western Front) is a 2015 South Korean period war comedy film written and directed by Cheon Sung-il, about the friendship between a South Korean and a North Korean soldier during the Korean War.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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| Hangul | 서부전선 |
| Hanja | 西部戰線 |
| Revised Romanization | Seobu Jeonseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏbu Chŏnsŏn |
| Directed by | Cheon Sung-il |
| Written by | Cheon Sung-il |
| Produced by | Gang Min-gyu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lee Jae-hyeok |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju |
| Music by | Choi Seung-hyun |
Production company | Harimao Pictures |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Budget | US$6.7 million |
| Box office | US$4.2 million[1] |
Plot
editSet during the Korean War and 3 days before a truce takes place. Nam-Bok (Sol Kyung-Gu) is a South Korean soldier. He was a simple farmer before his conscription into the military. Nam-Bok then receives order to deliver a top secret document at a set time and place, but an attack by the North Korean army causes Nam-Bok to lose the document.
Meanwhile, Young-Gwang (Yeo Jin-Goo) is a North Korean soldier. He is a part of a tank crew. While heading to the South, his team is bombed and he is the only one left. He is about to return home, but he happens to come across a top secret document.
The two men face off in the western front alone.
Cast
edit- Sol Kyung-gu as Jang Nam-bok
- Yeo Jin-goo as Kim Young-kwang
- Lee Geung-young as Lieutenant Yoo
- Jung Sung-hwa as General Yeon
- Jung In-gi as Sergeant Kim
- Jo Hee-bong as Drunkard
- Kim Won-hae as Deputy Jeon
- Jung Suk-won as Senior lieutenant
- Kim Sun-young as Ajumma
- Noh Young-hak as Petty officer Choi
- Song Kyung-chul as Sang-joo
- Kim Tae-hoon as General Jo
- Ji Chang-wook as Conscription officer
- Yang Byung-yeol as Second lieutenant Ahn
References
edit- ^ Ma, Kevin (5 October 2015). "Intern climbs ladder at South Korea box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (8 January 2015). "Korean Period and War Films Wrap Shoots". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Koo, Yu-rim (28 August 2015). "Film depicts friendship in Korean War". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Shim, Sun-ah (16 September 2015). "(Movie Review) The Long Way Home: Predictable but warm, humorous war movie". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Jang, Sung-ran; Kim, Hyo-eun (22 September 2015). "Becoming friends on screen and off". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Shim, Sun-ah (22 September 2015). "(Yonhap Interview) Actor attracted by dullness of The Long Way Home". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ Doo, Rumy (1 October 2015). "Herald Review: Wandering through The Long Way Home". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- The Long Way Home at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- The Long Way Home at IMDb
- The Long Way Home at HanCinema
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