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During the Korean War, a squad of Marines from the South battle Chinese forces in the North, and are killed off one by one. At the beginning of the film, a young girl Young-hui and her mother desperately try to run for their lives from the Chinese soldiers.
Lee Man-hee’s breakthrough feature, The Marines Who Never Returned, remains one of the greatest Korean War films ever made, skillfully balancing tense battle sequences and heartfelt camaraderie between the soldiers and their newly adopted orphan girl.
12 nov 2023 · The Marines Who Never Returned is in this vein Lee’s most iconic work. Under the label of “anticommunist film” depicting major battles such as the Battle of Incheon and the Third Battle of Seoul, the film won an unprecedented level of support from the Korean Marine Corps, including hundreds of marines as extras, tanks ...
A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.
This film depicts barbarism of the war, dying people and touching friendship among soldiers. During the Korean War (1950-1953), a marine squad marches north fighting off Chinese army. The marines die one after another.
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The Marines Who Never Returned ( Korean: 돌아오지 않는 해병; RR: Doraoji anneun haebyong; aka Marines Are Gone) is a 1963 South Korean film directed by Lee Man-hee. It was released in the U.S. in 1966 as Marine Battleground. For this film, Lee was given the Best Director award at the third Grand Bell Awards ceremony in 1964.
Lee Man-hee’s breakthrough feature, The Marines Who Never Returned, is simultaneously among his most acclaimed films and one of the greatest Korean War films ever made. Produced within 10 years of the armistice, the film centers on a squad of marines who happen across a newly orphaned girl in the battlefield, Young-hui.
