KOREA

Silla (57 BC – 935 AD)  --  Silla was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and the longest sustained dynasty in Asian history

The Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392)

X  Taejo wanggun (Wang-Gun the Great) (1970)  --  General Wang-gun overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who slew the last king of the Shilla Dynasty and becomes king, starting the new dynasty

Musa (The Warrior) (2001)  --  1375, Korean Koryo warriors band together to save the Yuan dynasty

Ssang-hwa-jeom (A Frozen Flower) (2008) – homosexual relationship between king and his bodyguard Chief is complicated by the necessity to get the Queen pregnant (a task the King gives to the Chief) 

Joseon Dynasty (1392 – 1910)

X  Taejo Lee Seong-gye (King Taeho) (1965) –  a general overthrows the old king and founds the Joseon Dynasty

X  Sejong daewang ( Sejong the Great)  (1978)  --  Sejong the Great  (1418-1450) of the Joseon Dynasty faces increasing hostility from Ming China

X  Disturbance in Her Barroom  --  set in 1724 against back drop of gangster culture of  Joseon Dynasty

X   Mi-in-do (Portrait of a Beauty) (2008)  --  painter Shin Yun-bok (pen name Hyewon), born 1758, known for his realistic depictions of daily life, is thought to be a woman

Chihwaseon (Painted Fire) (2002)  --  famed Korean painter paints while Japan and China fight over Korea 

Goongnyeo (Shadows in the Palace) (2007)  --  fictionalized account of court maids during Joseon era

X  Cheon-gun (Heaven's Soldiers) (2005) – South Korean action and humorous film, but with some historical parts  (currently unavailable)

The Korean War

Truman (1995) -- Harry S. Truman, president, 1945-1952

Give 'Em Hell, Harry! (1975) --  President Harry S. Truman

One Minute to Zero (1952)   --  a love story between a widow and a colonel set during the Korean War

Field of Honor (1986)  --  a Dutch sergeant in 1951 in the Korean War

Fixed Bayonets (1951)  --  portrait of a platoon in an American division in the mountains of Korea and their trial by fire

Shang gan ling (Battle on Shangganling Mountain) (1965) – Chinese film of the Battle of Triangle Hill (Operation Showdown), October 1952

Hell in Korea (aka A Hill in Korea) (1956) --  U.N. patrol fights Chinese troops (British troops) ($32)

X  MacArthur (1977)  -- leader in Korean War, fired by Truman

X  Inchon! (1982) --  brilliant but risky move by MacArthur in Korean War turns the tide for awhile

Retreat, Hell! (1952)  ---  US marines land at Inchon and head north

X  Collision Course:  Truman vs. MacArthur (1976)  -- 

Taegukgi Hwinallimyo (aka Brotherhood: Taegukgi and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War) (2004)  --  two reluctant South Korean young brothers are torn apart by their experiences in the Korean War

Men in War (1957)  --  Korean War, September 1950; American troops nearly cut-off completely from their battalion have to reach safety

All the Young Men (1960) -- racial problems in the marines during the Korean War

Pork Chop Hill (1959) -- Korean War

Battle Circus (1953)  --  doctor and nurse in a romance set against rough conditions of treating patients during the Korean War  (starring Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson)  (new VHS tape for $38)

X  Prisoner of War (1954) -- mistreatment of American P.O.W.s during Korean War

X  The Nest (1999)  --  short film on Korean War about men in trenches where if the men go out to help their fallen comrades there is no return

Air War:

The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955) -- air war in the Korean War

Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)   -- air war in Korea

The Hunters (1958)  --  three American pilots have to fight the Chinese "volunteer" pilots over Korea

Geuddae geusaramdeul (The President's Last Bang) (2005) – events leading up to assassination of South Korean President Park Chung-hee (1961-1979)

White Badge (1992)  – South Korean film about the experiences of South Korean soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War