| 71: Into the Fire | |
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| Hangul | 포화 속으로 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Pohwa sogeuro |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pohwa sokŭro |
| Directed by | John H. Lee (Lee Jae-han) |
| Written by | Lee Man-hee Kim Dong-woo John H. Lee Jeong Tae-won |
| Produced by | Choi Myeong-gi Jeong Tae-won |
| Starring | Cha Seung-won Kwon Sang-woo Choi Seung-hyun Kim Seung-woo |
| Cinematography | Choi Chan-min |
| Edited by | Choi Min-yeong Kim Chang-ju |
| Music by | Lee Dong-joon |
Production company | Taewon Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$42.1 million[1] |
71: Into the Fire (Korean: 포화 속으로) is a 2010 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and starring Cha Seung-won, Kwon Sang-woo, Choi Seung-hyun, and Kim Seung-woo. The film was made in commemoration of those who fought during the Korean War.
The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student volunteer soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong. For 11 hours, they defended the local P'ohang girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the struggling Nakdong River perimeter, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, specifically the feared 766th Unit.