Welcome to Dongmakgol

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Welcome to Dongmakgol

2005

2h 13m

Comedy

Drama

War

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2,500+ Ratings

Soldiers from the war live among local villagers.

Robert Hanks

Independent (UK)

Rated: 2/5

Mar 29, 2011

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Angie Errigo

Empire Magazine

Engaging and beautiful cinema.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 29, 2007

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William Schwartz

HanCinema

Therein lies the fundamental absurdity that defines the film. The characters in Welcome to Dongmakgol all want to do evil, yet often have to be talked into it.

Mar 24, 2021

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Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

The film reveals the penchant of South Korea filmmakers to mix every genre imaginable into one film. This one blends goofy comedy, war drama, tragedy, action and social commentary for a highly entertaining ride.

Jan 29, 2008

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Anton Bitel

Film4

Korea's answer to Shangri-la is well worth a visit.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 13, 2007

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Stuart McGurk

thelondonpaper

This does risk becoming a badly-dubbed episode of 'Allo 'Allo! - but after you get past the sitcom premise, you'll find an engaging and witty little war parody.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 2, 2007

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Liam D

It's a typical war movie but like most of Korean cinema it's flips it on his head with dark humour

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/02/22

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Audience Member

I remembered it was a good movie when I first watched it. Rewatched it 10 years later and can't believe how slow the movie is and what's interesting about it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

4,5/5 Ratings for Welcome to Dongmakgol F:86% R:14% The film reveals the penchant of South Korea filmmakers to mix every genre imaginable into one film. This one blends goofy comedy, war drama, tragedy, action and social commentary for a highly entertaining ride.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Definitely not a war movie as I thought it would be before watching it, and it surprised me, in a good way. It's interesting how the movie shows how, despite fighting for different ideologies, both sides are still the same people, they're still koreans. It also showed how the war devastated most of korea, which at the time was a very rural country, and that Korea was really just one more battlefield for the US and the USSR. "Welcome to Dongmakgol" is indeed a very beautiful and thoughtful movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Funny and heartbreaking at the same time. A bold and unique movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

very much enjoyed the film, hated the ending....

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Park Gwang-hyeon

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Chief Comrade Lee Su-Hwa

Shin Ha-kyun

2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-Chul

Kang Hye-jung

Yeo-il

Im Ha-ryong

Jang Young-hee

Seo Jae-kyeong

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Synopsis

Soldiers from the war live among local villagers.

Director: Park Gwang-hyeon
Producer: Jang Jin
Screenwriter: Joong Kim, Park Gwang-hyeon
Production Co: Film It Suda
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2014
Runtime: 2h 13m

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