Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of WarTae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesTae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Tae Guk Gi (2004) was an epic Korean War film, directed by South Korean Director, Je-gyu Kang. Also known under the British Title: Brotherhood and under the US DVD title: Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War But it gained fame under the original Korean Title all around the world prior to it's English language release. The story follows two brothers who survived World War 2, only to be plunged into the madness and chaos of the Korean War (1950-1953). Two brothers are tricked into 'enlisting' by boarding the wrong railroad car and are not allowed to return home to take care of their family. The older brother Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang) takes all of the dangerous missions he can get, committed to win the Korean equivalent of the Medal of Honor, due to a loophole in Korean Military rules, that a Medal winner can send his siblings home. However, upon winning the Medal, the younger brother Jin-seok Lee (Bin Won) refuses to go, seeing that Jin-tae has taken to liking combat a bit 'too much'. He resents the fact that his brother no longer fights to help their family, but fights because he enjoys killing. In Asian cinema, this was widely seen as South Korea's own Saving Private Ryan reflecting the pain and anguish of the Korean people, but also showcasing epic Korean War battle sequences.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06Closeup of a R.O.K. Garand - .30-06South Korean Soldier responds to a North Korean ambush with his M1 Garand - .30-06Sgt. Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang) carries his M1 Garand while clearing a building during the battle of Pyong Yang - .30-06Lee's rifle squad fire their Garands back at North Korean Snipers during the street fighting in Pyong Yang - .30-06Sgt. Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang) runs with his M1 Garand during the mass retreat - .30-06
M1 Garand Blank Adapters
Uniformed irregulars hold their M1 Garands at the head of Pvt. Jin-seok Lee (Bin Won). A Closeup shot of the particular blank adapters for the M1 Garand used in the movie. They are external attachable BFAs that extend the end of the rifle by a 0.5 inch
M1 Carbine
Error creating thumbnail: File missingKorean War Era M1 CarbineJin-tae Lees' squad plants landmines on a road, some of the squad carries M1 Carbines - .30 CarbineSouth Korean troops celebrate at the news of the Marine Corp landing at Inchon, as F-86 Sabres fly overhead. Visible are many M1 Carbines - .30 carbineVigilante Irregulars use M1 Carbines to Execute suspected collaborators in Seoul - .30 Carbine. These rifles have the 30 round magazines issued after WWII, but these are M1 Carbines, not M2s since they lack the selector switch.
Browning Automatic Rifle
Error creating thumbnail: File missingBrowning Automatic Rifle - .30-06ROK Soldiers respond to a North Korean ambush with a B.A.R. - .30-06During the mass retreat, we see many B.A.R.s = .30-06
Browning M1919A6
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1919A6 An attempt to make an infantry portable "light" machine gun of the 1919South Korean troops ready an M1919A6 for a night time ambush.South Korean troops ready an M1919A6 for a night time ambush.South Korean troops use a M1919A6 during the night assault.Closeup of the M1919A6 firing.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSouth Korean Soldier aims his M1919A6 Machine gun during the street fighting in Pyong Yang - .30-06
M1917 Watercooled Machine Gun
A muddy, bloody and soot covered Sgt. Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang) after his mental breakdown, looking all scraggly with a beard, more like a monster than a soldier, turns an M1917 Water Cooled Machine gun against the North Koreans - .30-06Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang comes to his senses when he realizes his brother is not dead and prepares the M1917 Water Cooled Machine gun for battle - .30-06
Browning M2HB .50 Cal Machine Gun
On the allied side, the Browning M2 Heavy Barrel machine guns are most commonly seen mounted to Sherman Tanks.
The rusted decaying remnants of a Browning ANM2 heavy machine gun are excavated by archeologists and South Korean Soldiers in the present day battle site.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA Rusted and disintegrating ANM2 machine gun is removed by South Korean Soldiers at the site of a present day archeological dig, at the beginning of the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSouth Korean Soldier fires his M20 Super Bazooka just before being blown apart by a recoiless rifle round himself - 3.5" RocketError creating thumbnail: File missingSouth Korean Soldier blasts an enemy rooftop position during the savage street fighting in Pyong Yang with an M20 Super Bazooka - 3.5" Rocket
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMosin Nagant M38 Carbine, chambered in 7.62x54RError creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Sgt. Lee breaks into the North Korean enemy Field HQ, there is a lineup of M44 and M38 Carbines against the wall - 7.62x54RError creating thumbnail: File missingThe Chinese Army storms the Allied lines at the Yalu River. Though hard to see in any particular shot, most of the troops in the front of the packs are carrying M38 and M44 Carbines - 7.62x54R
North Korean Soldiers use the Soviet DP Light Machine gun, also known as the DP-27. They differ from the more common DPM with the lack of a pistol grip, differently shaped stock and a bipod that mounts below, not above, the heat jacket of the barrel.
Sokolov's update of the MG08 Maxim machine gun for the Russian 7.62x54R Cartridge. This machine gun was widely used by Russian/Soviet forces in World Wars One and Two and heavily used by their satellite client states.
A Mockup of an Anti Aircraft gun, that resembles a cross between the 14.5mm KPV and the 12.7mm NVS Heavy Machine guns is made out of a Browning M2HB. M2 Machine guns are commonly use to mock up foreign heavy machine guns like in Rambo III and The Beast of War.
The close support aircraft in the film. We see dozens of F4Us in close ground support roles, using their 20mm cannons to strafe North Korean lines and entrenched soldiers. A mortally damaged F4U also makes it's own 'kamikaze' run at a North Korean gun emplacement.
Since there is so much hand to hand combat in the film, the filmmakers made lightweight dummy Garands and Mosin Nagant Carbines out of wood and metal parts. In closeup they are obvious (also the fact that the actors swing them around like they weigh nothing is also a clue). The Russian carbines are odd looking and looks like a hybrid 91/30 and an M38/44 Carbine.
When Jin-tae Lee (Dong-Kun Jang) gives his brother Jin-seok Lee (Bin Won) a Hershey's chocolate bar to cheer him up, the candy bar is the "King-sized version" that Hershey introduced in 1980. Also we see the 'nutritional content listings' that were required in the 1990s. Also I didn't know they had bar code readers in 1950.....
