Taegukgi (film)

Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
Hanja
太極旗 휘날리며
Revised RomanizationTaegeukgi Hwinallimyeo
McCune–ReischauerT'aegŭkki Hwinallimyŏ
Directed byKang Je-gyu
Written byKang Je-gyu
Han Ji-hun
Kim Sang-don
Produced byLee Seong-hun
StarringJang Dong-gun
Won Bin
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Edited byChoi Kyeong-hie
Music byLee Dong-june
Production
companies
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • February 6, 2004 (2004-02-06)
Running time
148 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$12.8 million
Box officeUS$76.3 million[1]

Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean: 태극기 휘날리며; Taegukgi Hwinallimyeo) is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It stars Jang Dong-gun and Won Bin and tells the story of two brothers who are forcibly drafted into the South Korean army at the outbreak of the Korean War.

Kang Je-gyu made a name for himself directing Shiri and was able to attract top talent and capital to his new project, eventually spending 12.8 million USD on production. The film became one of the biggest successes in the South Korean film history up to that time, attracting 11.74 million people to the theatre, beating the previous record holder Silmido.

  1. ^ "Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2020-10-20.