Released Date:
2012-04-20
Languages:
Korean, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, English
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
137 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (6121 Reviews)
Director:
Je-kyu KangInspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.
Released Date:
2011-06-11
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
128 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (3468 Reviews)
Director:
Hirokazu KoreedaGenres:
DramaIn Kagoshima, the boy Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi in the house of his grandparents. Koichi misses his younger brother Ryunosuke and his father Kenji, who live in Fukuoka, and he dreams on his family coming together again. One day, Koichi overhears that the energy released by two bullet trains passing by each other would grant wishes and he invites his two best friends, Tasuku and Makoto, to travel to the point of intersection of the two trains. Koichi also tells his plan to Ryunosuke that invites his three best friends to join him. Soon the seven children arrive to the meeting point in the journey of discoveries.
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