In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.
Acting
T.O.P's deer-in-headlights terror is uncomfortably real.
Practical Effects
No CGI explosions—just actual fire and desperation.
Costume
Uniforms that go from crisp to corpse in 90 minutes.
Director
John H. Lee
Kwon Sang-woo
Ku Kap-jo
T.O.P
Oh Jang-beom
Kim Seung-woo
Kang Seok-dae
Cha Seung-won
Park Moo-rang
Kim Hye-seong
Yong-man
Ku Sung-hwan
Nam-sik
Shin Hyun-tak
Dal-young
Park Jin-hee
Hwa-ran
Kim Sung-ryung
Jang-beom's Mother
David Lee McInnis
Staff Sergeant Jones
Jeong Seung-won
Army Boy
Kim Ho-won
Byung-tae
Kim Yoon-sung
Pung-cheon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Battle of Pohang lasted 11 hours. The film condenses it but kept the actual names of fallen soldiers in the memorial sequence.
Released during tensions with North Korea, this became mandatory viewing for Korean students—essentially state-sponsored trauma homework.
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