White Badge (1992) [N/A]

Featuring:
Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Kyoung-young, Shim Hye-jin

Written by:
Junghyo Ahn
Su Young Gong
Jeong Ji-yeong

Directed by:
Jeong Ji-yeong


Release Date:
July 4, 1992

Original Title:
하얀전쟁

Alternate Titles:
White War
蒼白戰爭
하얀 전쟁

Genres:
Drama | War

Production Companies:
Daeil Film
Giai Phong Film Studio

Production Countries:
South Korea | Vietnam

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 15 

Runtime: 122

A Vietnam war veteran writes a series of articles about his war experiences for a local newspaper. As he does so, another veteran, drawn by the articles, begins randomly appearing in his life.

South Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour as a volunteer soldier in Vietnam. When he's asked to write a book about the Korean soldiers who fought in Vietnam he's battered by flashbacks that remind him of the brutality and lies that destroyed his innocence. The serialized novel brings him back in contact with a former soldier who served under him, PFC Pyon Chinsu, the one-time company clown driven mad by the violence of the war and who now looks to Han for some sort of emotional rescue.

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Rankings and Honors

White Badge (1992) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.6/10
Awards Won: 9 wins & 12 nominations

Assistant Director:
Ahn Byeong-ki

Director:
Chung Ji-young

Production Sound Mixer:
Kim Won-yong

Screenplay:
Chung Ji-young

Writer:
Shim Seung-bo

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