i be a lover of all foreign cinema especially the asian side of thing but for me this come under the radar . i have not hear of this until i rent it in my local video shop 2 year ago . world cinema be far popular now than when i first get into it and i be not to sure thats such a good thing because there be a time where only the best title make there way to this country and a time where rent a foreign film guarantee quality but that change with the sudden american studio interest . this film be apart of that era for me and a film that i pick up many time but couldn not bring myself to rent . wow be i wrongthis film be politically base but mythically set and get past the war and into the ethos of dongmakgol and you have a far more enjoyable film . i be not write off the atrocity of war by no mean but the way the spirit of this village have in bring these enemy together be what the film be all about . from the performance to the music score and even the quality sfx this film amaze me and how this isn not more widely appreciate be a sin . i urge all the people who read this that haven not see it to watch it and and if you do not enjoy it then i can at least say i try .