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The Front Line

The Front Line

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 20, 2011

Runtime

2h 13m

Genres

Drama, Action, War

User Score

72%

Original Title

고지전

Production Companies

TPS Company, A-Po Films, Showbox

Director

Jang Hoon

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$15,786,086

Description

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.