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Ode to My Father is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Yoon Je-kyoon released in USA on 31 december 2014 with Hwang Jeong-min
Ode to My Father (2014)
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Add to a movie listOde to My Father (Hangul: 국제시장; RR: Gukjesijang; lit. "Gukje (International) Market") is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Starring Hwang Jung-min and Yunjin Kim, it depicts modern Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man, as he experiences events such as the Hungnam Evacuation of 1950 during the Korean War, the government's decision to dispatch nurses and miners to Germany in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War.
It is currently the second highest-grossing film in the history of Korean cinema, with 14.2 million tickets sold.
Synopsis
During the Hungnam Evacuation of 1950 in the Korean War, when thousands of refugees in what would become North Korea were transported south by U.S. Navy boats, a child, Deok-soo, loses track of his sister, Mak-soon. Because of this, Deok-soo's father stays behind to search for her, telling his son to take the boy's mother and two younger siblings to the port city of Busan, where Deok-soo's aunt runs an imported goods store. Before leaving Deok-soo and the rest of his family, the father makes his Deok-soo promise to be the head of the household in his place.Actors
Hwang Jeong-min
(Yoon Deok-soo)
Kim Yoon-jin
(Young-ja)
Oh Dal-soo
(Dal-goo)
Jung Jin-young
(Yoon Jin-gyu)
Jang Young-nam
(Deok-soo's Mother)
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