The fourth-in-a-row blockbuster regarding the relations between North and South Korea (after Shiri, JSA and Silmido), broke the records of both budget with $12,8 millions and admissions with 11.74 million spectators in the country's cinemas and winnings bordering on $70 million. Furthermore, it was a success in Japan with $9,7 million earnings and it was also released in the United Stated, earning $1,1 million. A testament to the scale of the production are the years of research spent to ensure historic validity, the huge sets used and the number of supernumeraries used, who exceeded 25,000, in order to achieve absolute realism in the war scenes.
The film begins in 1950's Seoul where two brothers, Jin-tae and Jin-seok are living with their mother and the former's fiancé, Kim Young-shin. Jin-tae has dropped out of school and is working as a shoe shiner in order to pay his brother's tuitions, who studies at the university. The two women operate the family's tavern. Alas, in June, North
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Also a point of excellence is the relationship of the two brothers, with many ups and downs, as is the case with the circumstances of those living in the interior, a part mostly centered around Kim Young-shin
However, the part that "Brotherhood of War" truly excels is the action scenes, where the film's budget becomes evident the most. The depiction of the conditions of battle is utterly realistic, depicting the desperate conditions of war to the fullest, with mud and blood dominating the scenery. Particularly the sequences when the brothers arrive to the front and throw themselves into battle are magnificent, as is the case with the final battle. Hong Kyung-pyo awards for Best Cinematography from both Grand Bell and Blue Dragon were well