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Brotherhood of War

Screening on Film
  • Brotherhood of War (Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo)

    Directed by Kang Je Gyu.
    With Bin Won, Dong-Kun Jang,  Eun-ju Lee.
    South Korea, 2004, 35mm, color, 145 min.
    Korean with English subtitles.
    Samuel Goldwyn Films / Photofest

An intense and terrifying portrait of the Korean War, Brotherhood of War demonstrates the effect of the war on brothers Jin-tae (Jan Dong-kun) and Jin-seok (Won Bin). Jin-tae is married with two small children, and Jin-seok hopes to attend college, but their quiet lives are disrupted when both men are drafted to fight for the South. At the front, protective older brother Jin-tae volunteers for dangerous missions with the goal of protecting his more sensitive younger brother from danger, but his plan has unintended consequences. Epic and extremely violent, Brotherhood of War reveals the horrible human cost of war.

  • American Propaganda Shorts I: Portraits of Korea

    US.
    Copy source: HFA
  • Combat Bulletin: U.N. Offensive

    US, 1950, 16mm, black & white, 25 min.

Produced by the Department of Defense, this newsreel features a collection of scenes from Korea circa 1950 including images of wartime atrocities and Al Jolson's final USO tour. Perhaps most revealing is the film's confident assertion that the surrender of the North Korean army is imminent.

  • Korea Revisited

    US, 1969, 16mm, color, 30 min.
    Print source: HFA

From the HFA's Fort Devens collection, this film documents the resurgence of the Republic of Korea after the war and the transformation of Korea's cities from ravaged battlefields to bustling centers of commerce.

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