Welcome to Dongmakgol

About Welcome to Dongmakgol

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.

Bae Jong's Welcome to Dongmakgol is a 2005 comedy war film. Its themes are military, soldier, village, and tragedy.

Jung Jae-young stars as Chief Comrade Lee Su-hwa, Shin Ha-kyun as 2nd Lt. Pyo Hyun-chul, Kang Hye-jung as Yeo-il, and Steve Taschler as Smith. Released in August 2005, it runs 133 minutes.

The screenplay is by Bae Jong and Jang Jin.

Joint Security Area, Platoon, and Battle Royale make useful companions to Welcome to Dongmakgol, all filed under inter-korean relations, korean army, and korean war (1950-53). TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 207 votes.