Taegugki Trailer

  Taegugki: The Brotherhood of War Trailer (American version)

  The trailer opens with a fast-paced sequence of clips showing soldiers shooting machine guns, a soldier flying through the air after an explosion.  Then it slows down to focus on a man slowly standing up as soldiers race past him, away from something in front of him.  The sound in the background fades away to slow, dramatic music.  The words “On June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded the South” appear over a backdrop of swirling smoke.  It shows the same man again, still kneeling on the ground as another explosion jars him backwards.  Clips of a man clutching his chest in agony on a battlefield are alternated with happy children splashing in a fountain.  A man falls on another, with a burst of sound overpowering the music, as he protects him from an explosion.  The swirling smoke appears again, this time with the words “From that moment on, nothing would ever be the same”.

  The trailer then cuts to a sunlit, cheerful scene of 1950s South Korea, with children running and women walking across a street, with happier string music in the background.  As we see two young men jumping onto a bus, a man says, “Samuel Goldwyn presents the incredible story of two brothers torn apart by a war they did not believe in”.  The two men watch in shock as a military transport vehicle drives past, filled with men.  A train whistles in sync with a soldier’s whistle of attention.  One of the young men is grabbed by a soldier and we see punches fly as the other young man, his brother, tries to rescue him.  Both brothers are ultimately trapped on the train as it drives away from the station.  One calls to his mother, while his family looks on in horror and his mother holds back a young girl from running after them.  Next, we see a formation of soldiers, including the brothers, in a much dimmer lit room.  We watch as they race through a few fighting scenes and the background voice tells us “they fought for freedom, they fought for honor, and they fought to find each other… again”.  The background voice tells us about the film director as the two brothers limp towards each other on a battlefield.  Scenes flash, of soldiers running up a snowy hill, soldiers about to shoot a row of captured POWs, a plane crashing into the ground.  Then, the music lightens for a bit as the characters are shown in happier times while the actors’ names are introduced.  Two dirty, callused hands from two people are clasped but then slip apart, leading into the final shot, an old sepia photograph of the two brothers and a young woman posing for a portrait with the words “Taegugki: The Brotherhood of War” superimposed over it.