With hopes of reuniting with her husband, who left for the Vietnam War without telling her, a young wife joins a traveling band as the lead singer.
Direction
Lee Joon-ik makes war zones feel like fever dreams with a soundtrack.
Production
The traveling band bus becomes a character—claustrophobic, magical, doomed.
Director
Lee Joon-ik
Soo Ae
Soon-yi / Sunny
Jung Jin-young
Kim Jeong-man
Jung Kyung-ho
Young-deuk
Ju Jin-mo
Seong-chan
Shin Hyun-tak
Cheol-sik
Uhm Tae-woong
Sang-gil
Jo Mi-ryung
Jenny
Shin Jung-keun
Battalion Commander
Ji Il-ju
Jack of all trades soldier
Kim Byung-oh
Corporal in Sang-gil's Troop
Lee Young-suk
Soon-yi's Father
Choi Min-geum
Soon-yi's Mother
Kim Hee-chang
Sinister-looking Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Korean military entertainers who performed for troops in Vietnam—often young women who faced exploitation and danger with little recognition.
Lee Joon-ik deliberately cast Soo Ae against type; her previous roles were delicate romantic leads, making her physical transformation into a war-weary survivor more shocking.
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