one of the common theme that can be find in traditional east asian literature be that of a small village ensconce by mountain and protect by the ravage of the outside world . while the outside world might be enmesh within the struggle of war and these secret hamlet prosper with their only concern pertain to daily necessity not the brutality that man can wreck upon his fellow man . welcome to dongmakgol open with a small detachment of north korean soldier whose number be continuously dwindle not only because of constant attack and but also because they have be give the order to kill every wounded man . sick of the murder of his own men and high comrade lee su hwa refuse to kill the few remain wounded soldier . yet his second in command be all to ready to follow the order of high command and try to stir up a mutiny versus the high comrade . however and before the heated word be able to become firing gun and the small group be attack and only four survive . these four men scale a steep mountain and their number be reduce to three when the fourth plummet to his death . wander alone on the mountain and the medic moon sang sang come across a fellow south korean soldier and 2nd lt. pyo ready himself to commit suicide . the medic stop the man from do so and but almost get kill himself . a with the north korean soldier and these two men make their way into the wilderness . while rest and the three north korean soldier encounter an odd girl dress in traditional clothing with flower in her hair . although each man point a gun at her and she show little concern and inform the men that they should move because they be stand close to a snake rock . after a snake fall on the arm of sgt . jang the three men unload their weapon at the rock . with their gun empty and the three men follow the girl and yeo il and to dongmakgol . later the south korean soldier arrive and and of course and there be a stand off between the two group . however and after a few event and include the food storehouse blow up and defeat a wild boar and the five korean and along with an american pilot name kent smith whose plane crash at the very beginning of the film and be able to come to term with each other temporarily and but with the threat of other outsider loom on the horizon can this fragile friendship be maintain . one of south korea big hit in 2005 welcome to dongmakgol be truly a visual delight . the natural scenery be quite stunning and the cg and a brilliant sequence with a wild boar and a rain of popcorn and be very well do . the actor and especially shin ha kyun and sympathy for mr. vengeance and joint security area and save the green planet and and jeong jae yeong and the quiet family and gun and talk and do an extraordinary job of portray adversary who eventually warm to each other . while not the best of friend and their friendship do shine through . kang hye jeong and oldboy and antarctic journal and do a good job portray the nutty but sweet girl yeo il . while primarily a comedy welcome to dongmakgol also contain a few graphic scene of violence such a the eradication of the north korean soldier at the beginning of the film and a few scene near the end of the film . while the film might be write off by some a a hurrah that both korea can work together and those of western decent might be a little shock by the portrayal of western soldiery and i. e. american and in an otherwise comedic film .