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Film Review: Tae Guk Gi: the Brotherhood of War [Taegukgi Eastern Illinois University The Keep Faculty Research & Creative Activity History January 2006 Film review: Tae Guk Gi: The rB otherhood of War [Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo] Jinhee Lee Eastern Illinois University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/history_fac Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Lee, Jinhee, "Film review: Tae Guk Gi: The rB otherhood of War [Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo]" (2006). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 55. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/history_fac/55 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the History at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research & Creative Activity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A PUBLICATION OF THE ASIAN EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SERVICE Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies ✦ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign A E M S Vol. 9, No. 2 News and Reviews Fall 2006 Accordingly, while introducing the specific context of the Korean War, Taegukgi focuses on a universal theme of brotherly love in a politically detached manner. The film brilliantly unfolds the double tension that runs through two parallel wars: the physical battle between North and South Korea, and the psychological rivalry between two brothers, whose estrangement in some ways represents those of actual Korean families torn apart by the war. Jin-Tae, an uneducated but earnest and strong shoeshine boy, cheerfully supports his family, espe- PICTURES cially his bookish and sickly brother Jin-Seok for his college education. The family barely makes SONY ends meet, but they have dreams of a better life as they anticipate Jin-Seok’s successful future career Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War and Jin-Tae’s marriage to Young-Shin. With the out- break of the war, the family’s hopes are shattered as >> Directed by Kang Je-gyu. 2004. 148 minutes. the brothers are drafted off the street against their lthough it has been labeled the “Forgotten certain aspects of the war introducing collections will. The brothers are dispatched south to the A War”—buried between the memories of of footage captured by the U.S. Office of Armed Nakdong River where their unit must maintain the World War II and the Vietnam War—the Korean Forces and interviews with journalists, war veter- final defense line against the militarily superior ene- War (1950–1953) recently ans, and policy makers, they tend to treat the war mies of the North. Like many other South Korean became a focus of attention as an inevitable and impersonal clash of ideologies soldiers at that time, the brothers have had no Review in the divided country in the context of the Cold War, rather than the proper military training nor equipment, let alone again, half a century after lived experience of individual participants. What knowledge of Cold War politics. The film follows the war’s “end” (the 1953 frustrates a teacher of the fluctuating battle fronts during the first year of armistice was never followed the Korean War is, the war and doesn’t flinch from depicting the daily by a peace treaty). The cata- The film highlights then, not necessarily horrors of battle as the brothers struggle to survive lyst was Kang Je-gyu’s the paucity of films on continued on page 8 Taegukgi: The Brotherhood the resilience of the topic but the of War, which became the invisibility of Koreans largest production in Korean ordinary people in in the narratives of the film history at the time of traumatic event, of Contents its release, with its $14-mil- pursuing their daily lives those who suffered lion budget and a record- ten times the casualty What’s New? . 2 How to Contact AEMS . 2 breaking audience one-fifth while transcending rate of Americans. the size of the South Korean As ambitious director- Reviews: population. political and ideological writer Kang attempts Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. 1 The Korean War has to reconnect his audi- Deacon of Death: Looking for Justice appeared in a number of contradiction. ence to this long- in Today’s Cambodia . 4 documentary and feature neglected historical For a Place Under the Heavens . 6 films in the U.S., China, experience, Taegukgi Silent Waters / Khamosh Pani . 7 and the two Koreas. Some films justify their provides a fresh look at the war from a Korean Taiwan’s Online Multimedia Gallery . 3 nation’s involvement in the conflict with their perspective. On Copyright Issues and Digital Media . 3 own versions of nationalism and individual hero- During his visit to the University of Illinois in Profile: Theary Chan, ism. Others trivialize the actual content of the February of this year, Kang explained his belief that Deacon of Death Co-Producer . 5 war in pursuit of political or commercial success a feature film needs to reward its audience with Guide to Distributors. 7 for the film. While many of these films present “emotional excitement” and “relatable themes.” Asian Educational Media Service Non-Profit Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies Organization University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign U.S. Postage 805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, MC-025 PAID Urbana, Illinois 61801 Permit No. 75 Champaign, IL www.aems.uiuc.edu Taegukgi misunderstanding logical contradiction, it projects hope for healing continued from page 1 between them, the the wounds of the traumatic experiences of the brothers’ allegiance civil war. in the midst of the remains to their With proper warning (it is rated “R” for vio- dehumanizing insan- family as they persis- lence) and accompanied by additional class mate- ity of the war. tently dream of a rials—such as historical readings or periodicals Jin-Tae figures PICTURES return to humble that reflect changing attitudes in contemporary out that the only happiness in their Korea toward the issues of national division and SONY way to send Jin-Seok daily lives. Through reunification, or related Korean short stories home is to win a medal of honor and to request narrative twists and dramatic turns, Jin-Seok’s including Cho Chong-rae’s “Land of Exile” (in his brother’s release from duty. As the South resentment of Jin-Tae is eventually resolved when Land of Exile by M.E. Sharpe, 1993) and Hwang Korean army, joined by U.S.-led U.N. allies, he realizes his brother’s unchanging principle has Sunwon’s “Cranes” (in Modern Korean Literature pushes through North Korea to the Chinese bor- not been pursuit of glory, but rather genuine love by University of Hawaii Press, 1990), the film der, Jin-Tae becomes a war hero and merciless for their family. will elicit active responses from students. The executioner of the “commies.” Yet when he is The original title, Taegukgi hwinallimyeo, or film’s bilingual website (www.taegukgi2004.com) finally awarded a medal of honor, his superiors Waving the Taegukgi (the South Korean national and extra features on the DVD include a timeline will not release his brother. The film bluntly flag), is meant to provoke broad questions: What and map of the battles, information on 1950s depicts massacred civilians and maltreated POWs, was the civil war actually about? How contra- Korea, and interviews with Korean war veterans. victimized both by the North and the South. dictory was the rationale of a war that destroyed These are, along with the movie, easily accessible Included are the brothers’ family friend, forced to family relationships, community, and the nation educational tools for college students as well as join the North Korean army and eventually killed for the sake of unification? How arbitrarily was the for general audiences interested in learning about on Jin-Tae’s command, and Young-Shin, who is concept of the “enemy” constructed through the the Korean War as it was experienced by ordinary falsely charged as a North Korean spy and exe- experience of the war? By treating the war with Koreans. ✦ cuted by anti-Communist fanatics for getting food political ambivalence and rejecting simple moral- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for her family from the Communists. ization, Taegukgi stimulates debates and discussion Jinhee Lee is assistant professor of history at Jin-Seok becomes increasingly disgusted with concerning the context of the event and its process Eastern Illinois University. She is currently com- the cruelty of the war and doubts the motives and consequences. pleting her book Instability of Empire: Earthquake, behind Jin-Tae’s obsession with heroism. Jin-Seok’s Despite some weaknesses, such as the lengthy Rumors, and the Massacre of Koreans in Imperial battle, then, becomes not only against the North running time of nearly two and a half hours, occa- Japan. but also against everything that his brother seem- sionally unsophisticated character development Released by Sony Pictures, Taegukgi: The ingly stands for. Taegukgi thus portrays the frus- (especially female characters), continuous graphic Brotherhood of War is available on DVD from trating and unglorified reality of the war, which violence, and lack of attention to class tensions in amazon.com, sony.com, and other online retailers. manipulated the norms and values of ordinary the background of the civil war, the film’s human- Prices start at $9.99. people and ultimately defeated its original purpose ist approach to the unresolved political dilemma >> To view video excerpts from Director of reuniting families and the nation. While politi- appeals to a broad audience across national and Kang Je-gyu’s visit to the University of Illinois at cal leaders Syngman Rhee, Kim Il Sung, and Stalin generational boundaries. As the film highlights the Urbana-Champaign in February 2006, visit the appear in various scenes of the movie, they remain resilience of ordinary people in pursuing their AEMS website: www.aems.uiuc.edu/HTML/ in the corners.
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