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Welcome to Dongmakgol ()

Welkkeom tu Dongmakgol (original title)
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Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war.

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Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa (as Jae-yeong Jeong)
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2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul
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Yeo-il
Ha-ryong Lim ...
Jang Young-hee (North)
Seo Jae-kyeong ...
Army Medic Mun Sang-sang (South) (as Jae-kyeong Seo)
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Seo Taek-ki (North) (as Deok-Hwan Ryu)
Steve Taschler ...
Smith
Jung Jae-jin ...
Mayor (as Jae-Jin Jung)
Lee Yeong-ih ...
(as Young-yi Lee)
Nam-Hee Park
Jo Deok-hyeon ...
Teacher Kim (as Duk-hyun Cho)
Yoo Seung-mok ...
Soo (as Seung-mok Yoo)
Shim Won-cheol ...
(as Won-cheol Shim)
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Special Forces Commander (as David Joseph Anselmo)
Michael Arnold ...
Attack Pilot Last Scene
Michael Frederick Arnold ...
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Steve M. Choe
Jon Emm ...
Colonel
Don Foran ...
Fighter Pilot
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Major
Edwards Garrett
Ye-in Hong
U. Yong Lee
Clinton Morgan

Directed by

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Kwang-Hyun Park

Written by

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Jin Jang ... (play)
 
Joong Kim ... ()
 
Kwang-Hyun Park ... ()

Produced by

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Sang-ho Choi ... producer
Jin Jang ... executive producer / producer
Sang-yong Ji ... producer
Chi-hoon Kim ... associate producer
Woo-taek Kim ... executive producer
Eun-ha Lee ... producer
Sang-jun Ma ... executive producer
Jeong Tae-sung ... executive producer

Music by

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Joe Hisaishi

Cinematography by

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Sang-ho Choi

Editing by

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Steve M. Choe

Editorial Department

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Kim Chang-ju ... assistant editor (as Changju Kim)
Jae-Min Han ... colorist
Yong-gi Lee ... colorist
Soo-a Sung ... on-line editor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sang-eun Lee ... assistant director

Camera and Electrical Department

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Man-gyu Lee ... lighting director

Music Department

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Joe Hisaishi ... conductor
Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra ... music performed by

Additional Crew

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Joong Kim ... visual supervisor

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (United States)
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (World-wide, English title)
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (Canada, English title)
  • Welcome to Dongmakgol (United Kingdom)
  • Battle Ground 625 (United Kingdom)
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Runtime
  • 133 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia It was only supposed to cost around 4 billion won, as there were no big stars, mostly actors from or acquainted with Jang's Suda family through their past work. But filming and post-production CGI took much longer than expected, and the budget skyrocketed to 8 billion won, putting Jang's company in trouble: for a small production company like Film It Suda failing with this film would have been catastrophic. See more »
Quotes Teacher Kim: [in English] How are you?
Smith: What?
Teacher Kim: How are you?
Smith: How do you think I am, huh? I mean, how do you think I am? Look at me, huh? I mean, look at me! I'm tied up with sticks here. You know, I feel like shit! Like shit!
Village Chief: [in Korean] Not going well?
Teacher Kim: It's strange. You can see, like it says here, sir.
Village Chief: I can't read that.
Teacher Kim: Yes, sir. Well, if I say
[in English]
Teacher Kim: 'How are you?', he should say
[in English]
Teacher Kim: 'Fine, and you?'. That's the right American answer, so then I can say,
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Teacher Kim: 'I'm fine'. Only then is this a completed thing. But he's a bit...
Villager: Why isn't he doing as he should? Is he picking a fight?
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