3 Movies Starring Bin Won

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-09-24

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (30447 Reviews)

Director:

Je-kyu Kang

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Epcar (dubbed version)

Ji-hoon Han

Je-kyu Kang

Sang-don Kim

Fullplot:

In 1950, in South Korea, shoe-shiner Jin-tae Lee and his 18-year-old old student brother, Jin-seok Lee, form a poor but happy family with their mother, Jin-tae's fiancè Young-shin Kim, and her young sisters. Jin-tae and his mother are tough workers, who sacrifice themselves to send Jin-seok to the university. When North Korea invades the South, the family escapes to a relative's house in the country, but along their journey, Jin-seok is forced to join the army to fight in the front, and Jin-tae enlists too to protect his young brother. The commander promises Jin-tae that if he gets a medal he would release his brother, and Jin-tae becomes the braver soldier in the company. Along the bloody war between brothers, the relationship of Jin-seok with his older brother deteriorates leading to a dramatic and tragic end.

Mother

Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-28

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (24097 Reviews)

Director:

Joon-ho Bong

Cast:

Writer:

Joon-ho Bong (story)

Eun-kyo Park (screenplay)

Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.

The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-05

Languages:

Korean, English

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (38093 Reviews)

Director:

Jeong-beom Lee

Fullplot:

An ex-special agent CHA Tae-shik's only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-shik with the product, without letting him know. The traffickers find out about her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. The gang promises to release them if Tae-shik makes a delivery for them, however it actually is a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader. When Hyo-jeon's disemboweled body is discovered, Tae-shik realizes that So-mi's life may also be in danger. Tae-shik becomes enraged at the prospect that So-mi may already be dead and prepares for a battle, putting his own life at risk.

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