The Front Line

The Front Line

★ 7.2IMDb Score
Released:2011-07-20
Duration:133 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Jang Hoon
Actors:Shin Ha-kyun, Go Soo, Lee Je-hoon, Ryu Seung-soo, Ko Chang-seok
Production:TPS Company, A-Po Films, Showbox

Overview:

In 1951 ceasefire is declared, but two remaining armies fought their final battle on the front line Towards the end of the Korean War, a South Korean battalion is fiercely battling over a hill on the front line border against the North in order to capture a strategic point that would determine the new border between two nations. The ownership of this small patch of land would swap multiple times each day. Kang is dispatched to the front line in order to investigate the tacit case that’s been happening there.

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