The Long Way Home (2015 film)

The Long Way Home (Korean: 서부전선; RR: Seobu Jeonseon; lit. Western Front) is a 2015 South Korean period war comedy film written and directed by Cheon Sung-il, about the friendship between a South Korean and a North Korean soldier during the Korean War.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The Long Way Home
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Hangul	서부전선
Hanja	西部戰線
Revised Romanization	Seobu Jeonseon
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏbu Chŏnsŏn
Directed by	Cheon Sung-il
Written by	Cheon Sung-il
Produced by	Gang Min-gyu
Starring	Sul Kyung-gu Yeo Jin-goo
Cinematography	Lee Jae-hyeok
Edited by	Kim Chang-ju
Music by	Choi Seung-hyun
Production company	Harimao Pictures
Distributed by	Lotte Entertainment
Release date	September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	South Korea
Budget	US$6.7 million
Box office	US$4.2 million[1]

Plot

Set during the Korean War and 3 days before a truce takes place. Nam-Bok (Sol Kyung-Gu) is a South Korean soldier. He was a simple farmer before his conscription into the military. Nam-Bok then receives order to deliver a top secret document at a set time and place, but an attack by the North Korean army causes Nam-Bok to lose the document.

Meanwhile, Young-Gwang (Yeo Jin-Goo) is a North Korean soldier. He is a part of a tank crew. While heading to the South, his team is bombed and he is the only one left. He is about to return home, but he happens to come across a top secret document.

The two men face off in the western front alone.

Cast

• Sul Kyung-gu as Jang Nam-bok
• Yeo Jin-goo as Kim Young-kwang
• Lee Geung-young as Lieutenant Yoo
• Jung Sung-hwa as General Yeon
• Jung In-gi as Sergeant Kim
• Jo Hee-bong as Drunkard
• Kim Won-hae as Deputy Jeon
• Jung Suk-won as Senior lieutenant
• Kim Sun-young as Ajumma
• Noh Young-hak as Petty officer Choi
• Song Kyung-chul as Sang-joo
• Kim Tae-hoon as General Jo
• Ji Chang-wook as Conscription officer
• Yang Byung-yeol as Second lieutenant Ahn