Documentary
They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families were torn apart. By the early 90s, as the rest of the world celebrated the end of the Cold War, Koreans remain separated between North and South, fearing the threat of mutual destruction. Beginning with one man's journey to reunite with his sister in North Korea, filmmakers Takagi and Choy reveal the personal, social and political dimensions of one of the last divided nations on earth. The film was also the first US project to get permission to film in both South & North Korea.
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The Battle Of Chosin
Assassins
레드 툼
Crossing the Line
Cybersocialism: Project Cybersyn & The CIA Coup in Chile
Assignment in Korea
Inside North Korea
206: Unearthed
Mighty Mo: The Battleship USS Missouri
PAN MUN JOM, You have never seen
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
A State of Mind
De Gaulle, l'homme à abattre
Shadow Flowers
The Forgotten War
Promises & Betrayals: Britain and the Struggle for the Holy Land
The Fantastic
Intercepted
The Lovers and the Despot
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
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IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2016
An amazingly harrowing story of the 17 day engagement of bloody combat and heroic survival in subartic temperatures. UN forces largely outnumbered and surrounded, due to a surprise attack led by 120,000 Chinese troops.Assassins
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2015
Crossing the Line
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2006
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 1951
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IMDB 7.1 | Mar , 2006
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 1998
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2002
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IMDB 6 | Oct , 2021
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IMDB 7.1 | Oct , 2020
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