The Front Line (2011 film)

The Front Line
South Korean Poster
Korean name
Hangul
고지전
Hanja
高地戰
Revised RomanizationGojijeon
McCune–ReischauerKojijŏn
Directed byJang Hoon
Written byPark Sang-yeon
Produced byLee Woo-jeong
Kim Hyeon-cheol
StarringShin Ha-kyun
Go Soo
CinematographyKim Woo-hyung
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byJang Young-gyu
Dalpalan
Production
company
TPS Company
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • 20 July 2011 (2011-07-20)
Running time
133 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$20.6 million[1]

The Front Line (Korean: 고지전; RR: Gojijeon; also known as Battle of Highlands) is a 2011 South Korean war film directed by Jang Hoon, set during the 1953 ceasefire of the Korean War.[2][3][4][5][6] This is the third film by director Jang Hoon, after completing Secret Reunion and Rough Cut.[7][8] It won four Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film.[9] It was selected as South Korea's submission to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film,[10][11] but did not make the final shortlist.[12]

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  7. ^ Park, Sung-hee (16 June 2011). "The Front Line spotlights the Forgotten War". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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  10. ^ Noh, Jean (24 August 2011). "South Korea submits The Front Line for Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  11. ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". Oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  12. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Oscars.org. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.