Jang-beom becomes company commander because he is the only one who has followed a battle before, but Gap-jo's group, who chose the battlefield over juvenile detention, openly disregard him. In effect, internal cracks are laid out before the external enemy even arrives. On top of that, the threat grows as the People's Army 766 Guerrilla Unit ignores the party's orders and secretly turns toward Pohang. It is a composition that lets you place the weight on the relationships and choices of those who have taken on responsibility rather than on the combat scenes themselves.
The running time is 121 minutes, and it can be watched on Wavve with a subscription. For viewers looking for a film that treats the early front of the Korean War from the perspective of young soldiers, the premise alone is enough to gauge the direction of the work.
What to watch for
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You can see what kind of tension the conflict between Jang-beom and Gap-jo's group creates inside the unit before they face the enemy.
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It is worth noting how the empty Pohang, left by the regular army, reveals the student soldiers' anxiety and isolation.
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You can watch how the situation changes after the scene in which the People's Army 766 Guerrilla Unit changes direction.
This is a good fit for viewers who want to watch, in 121 minutes, a war film based on a true story that depicts the early Korean War through the eyes of student soldiers.