Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Name: Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Director: Kang Je-gyu
Released: 2004-02-05T00:00:00Z

In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.

Runtime: 148

Release date: 2004-02-05

<article> <figure> <img src="http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/dx3c5kdZUNDZujNv2XvHrqR3kMN.jpg" title='Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War' alt='Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War'/> </figure> <h1>Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War</h1> <p>In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancé Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 148</summary> <summary>Release date: 2004-02-05</summary></details> </article>