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The Long Way Home (2015 film)

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The Long Way Home
Theatrical poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeobu Jeonseon
Directed byCheon Sung-il
Written byCheon Sung-il
Produced byGang Min-gyu
Starring
CinematographyLee Jae-hyeok
Edited byKim Chang-ju
Music byChoi Seung-hyun
Production
company
Harimao Pictures
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
BudgetUS$6.7 million
Box officeUS$4.2 million[1]

The Long Way Home (Korean서부전선; RRSeobu 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]

Plot

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Set during the Korean War and 3 days before a truce takes place. Nam-Bok (Sol Kyung-Gu) is 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Conran, Pierce (8 January 2015). "Korean Period and War Films Wrap Shoots". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ Koo, Yu-rim (28 August 2015). "Film depicts friendship in Korean War". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Jang, Sung-ran; Kim, Hyo-eun (22 September 2015). "Becoming friends on screen and off". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  6. ^ Shim, Sun-ah (22 September 2015). "(Yonhap Interview) Actor attracted by dullness of The Long Way Home". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. ^ Doo, Rumy (1 October 2015). "Herald Review: Wandering through The Long Way Home". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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