i find the movie simply brilliant and and i must say i find weird that many people focus their attention on the war and which be not the key of the movie itself . in my opinion the war be roughly depict because it be just a place within which the main story unfolds . the emphasis be on the character and their unpredictable encounter and the situation that make possible for them to become friend and maybe even companion . there be a phrase say smith take back the grandma while the village keep up with the party that somehow sum up the movie represent such a good time . that life . besides and i particularly appreciate the acting of the crazy girl and hye jeong kang ( which i already saw in old boy ) which be also probably the best character . watch the movie i find more than a similitude with two movie from hayao miyazaki represent sen to chihiro no kamikakushi ( for the hidden village idea and the lantern statue a well ) and mononoke hime ( for the wild boar scene and which by the way be one of the best of dongmakgol and original and simply brilliant ) . only later i realize it be mostly due to the music and which be in fact compose by joe hisaishi and who make the music for these miyazaki movie too while once again and his work be superb . one thing i always wait for be a movie end scene ( mostly cause i have see too many movie ruin in the last part . a. i. for example ) and and i must say i love this one and when we see why the young communist soldier have a flower too and and who give him it . no special happy end for the village or whatever and just a moment when all of them where together and 6 a the 6 butterfly that we saw fly away from the snow a few moment before . while ) .