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Salt
π°π· South Korea The 20th CenturySalt (Sogum, 1985): A story set in Gando in the 1930s. In the film, Choi Eun-hee plays Song-ryul's wife. The family hides a wealthy Korean-Chinese merchant, and the father is killed in a fight between the Japanese police and the Chinese bandits. She believes that her husband died because of the communists.
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Runaway
π°π· South Korea The 20th CenturySong Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is forced to emigrate to Kando (Jiandao) in Manchuria. His family faces numerous adversities there and after a row with a local pharmacist, he is imprisoned. The prison is raided by Kim Il-sung and his guerrillas, who free the inmates, who take revenge on the Japanese by blowing up a railway.
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Inchon
π°π· South Korea The 1950sLOVE. DESTINY. HEROES. War Changes Everything. β A noisy and absurd re-telling of the great 1950 invasion of Inchon during the Korean War which was masterminded by General Douglas MacArthur.
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The Last Witness
π°π· South Korea The 1970s The 1960s The 1950sDetective Oh goes searching for the murderer of Yang, a small-time brewer bludgeoned to death by a quiet riverside with no witnesses, no apparent motive. As he wanders about the winter landscape of South Jeolla Province and Seoul, he finds himself caught in a story of treachery, rape and murder.
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Game of Death
π°π· South KoreaBruce Lee challenges the underworld to a Game of Death. β A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
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Unsung Heroes
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThe film follows Yu Rim, a Korean expatriate in the United Kingdom working as a journalist, who is ordered by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea to proceed to Seoul and gather intelligence on the United States Forces Korea.
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MacArthur
π°π· South Korea The 1950s The 1940sThe film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
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Io Island
π°π· South KoreaA company is studying the possibility to open a spa hotel named after a mythical island, Ieodo. The island is inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the location of the hotel lost a journalist under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors go to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the disappearance.
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When Taekwondo Strikes
π°π· South Korea The 20th CenturyThe story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
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Hapkido
π°π· South Korea The 1930s The 1940sHere Comes the Unbreakable China Doll Who Gives You the Licking of Your Life! β Korea, 1934. During the Japanese occupation, there is open warfare between rival martial arts schools. There is a fight in the marketplace, and three Chinese students can't stand the unfair way of students that side up with the invasors, when they gang assault one of the fighting men. Between the three, they send the aggressors away. Retaliation is heavy: their school is destroyed, and they are banished. They return to China, and start their own school, and set out on good-will visits to the other martial arts schools, only to find that everybody in their neighbourhood is already dominated by the Japanese. They have many kung fu fights to win, before they eventually manage to establish peace.
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The Flower Girl
π°π· South Korea The 20th CenturyThe country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.
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Northeast of Seoul
π°π· South KoreaThree adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each other--search South Korea for a magical sword that is supposed to imbue its owner with wealth and power.
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The Reluctant Heroes
π°π· South Korea The 1950sAn army tale about an egghead ninety-day-wonder who relies on ancient tactics he remembers from the history books to save his beleaguered squad on an important mission in Korea.
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M*A*S*H
π°π· South Korea The 1950sM*A*S*H Gives A D*A*M*N. β The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
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Sergeant Ryker
π°π· South Korea The 1950sDuring the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy.He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep
π°π· South KoreaA Monster from another age ... with terrifying destructive powers ... β Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
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Iron Angel
π°π· South Korea The 1950sA seasoned Sargent with a sorry unit, led by an angry 1st Lt., to take out an enemy hold for a convoy to proceed. After their success the Sarge and the crew meet up with another Lieutenant - Female nurse.
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Red Scarf
π°π· South Korea The 1950sSouth Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
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The Hook
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThis is a story of men in war not men at war. β Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
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The Manchurian Candidate
π°π· South Korea The 1950sWhen you've seen it all, you'll swear there's never been anything like it! β Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
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War Hunt
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThere's A Fine Line Between Soldier ... And Killer. β Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy who comes between them is examined. The Cease-Fire brings the three to a final resolution.
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War Is Hell
π°π· South Korea The 1950sIRON-GUTS GUYS IN ACTION! β During the Korean War, a glory-hunting sergeant leads his platoon on a mission against the enemy--not telling them that a cease-fire has just been declared--so that he can win medals. Trouble arises when some members of platoon begin to suspect that something is fishy.
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The Nun and the Sergeant
π°π· South Korea The 1950sIt pulls the pin on the screen's most explosive war drama! β A weary sergeant in Korea commands military prisoners on a dangerous mission and is joined by a nun and a group of schoolgirls in enemy territory.
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Cry for Happy
π°π· South Korea The 1950sYou'll cry for happy, happy, happy when four U.S. sailors take over a geisha house...geisha girls and all ! β Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
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Marines, Let's Go
π°π· South Korea The 1950sFollowing combat duty in Korea, a group of United States Marines (Tom Tryon, David Hedison and Tom Reese) are given a furlough in Japan.
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All the Young Men
π°π· South Korea The 1950sSpit out what's on your filthy little mind ... and then take your orders from me ! β During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant, who's black, in charge. The sergeant figures on having trouble with two men in his platoon: a private who has much more combat experience than he does, and a racist Southerner who doesn't like blacks in the first place and has no intention of taking orders from one. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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Pork Chop Hill
π°π· South Korea The 1950sBold! Blunt! Blistering! The battle picture without equal! β Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
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A Stranger in My Arms
π°π· South Korea The 1950sAn Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
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Operation Dames
π°π· South Korea The 1950sNo Fury Like Four Girls Trapped Behind Enemy Lines! β During the Korean War, a troupe of traveling USO entertainers find themselves behind enemy lines with a squad of American soldiers. Together they try to find their way back to their own lines while trying to avoid capture, but the North Koreans discover their presence and set out after them.
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The Hunters
π°π· South Korea The 1950sMightiest thrill-shocked adventure spectacle of the super-sonic age ! β With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, SavilleΒΉs personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingmanΒΉs (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.
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Jet Attack
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThe most amazing jet story to ever blast the screen! β A Soviet nurse (Audrey Totter) helps a U.S. pilot (John Agar), his buddies and a scientist escape from North Korea. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Suicide Battalion".
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Tank Battalion
π°π· South Korea The 1950sTerrible in War. Tender in Love. Battleground Heroes Busting Thru! β Four men in their tank, during the Korean War in 1951, find themselves behind enemy lines.
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Underwater Warrior
π°π· South Korea The 1950sBased upon the life of Commander Francic D. Fane (USNR), UnderWater Warrior follows the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit from its inception near the end of World War II through its acceptance and finally successful utilization in Korea. Landmark underwater camera work makes Underwater Warrior a milestone in cinematic history.
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Sayonara
π°π· South Korea The 1950s"I am not allowed to love. But I will love you if that is your desire..." β Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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Men in War
π°π· South Korea The 1950s"One more step and I'll fill your guts with lead!" β In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held territory after a retreat. Soon they are joined by Sergeant Montana, whose overriding concern is caring for his catatonic colonel. Benson and Montana can't stand each other, but together they must get the survivors to Hill 465, where they hope the division is waiting. It's a long, harrowing march, fraught with all the dangers the elusive enemy can summon.
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Battle Hymn
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThe true story of Col. Dean Hess, clergyman turned fighter pilot! β Battle Hymn was inspired by the true story of American minister Dean Hess, played here with rare sensitivity by Rock Hudson. A bomber pilot during World War II, Hess inadvertently releases a bomb which destroys a German orphanage. Tortured by guilt, Hess relocates in Korea after the war to offer his services as a missionary. Combining the best elements of Christianity and Eastern spiritualism, Hess establishes a large home for orphans. The preacher's efforts are threatened when the Korean "police action" breaks out in 1950.
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Battle on Shangganling Mountain
π°π· South Korea The 1950s(From Wikipedia)- "Battle on Shangganling Mountain follows a group of Chinese People's Volunteer Army soldiers who are holding Triangle Hill for several days against US forces. Short of both food and water, they hold their ground until the relief troops arrive. The movie portray the battle as a Chinese victory over an American invasion, and the People's Volunteer Army soldiers were shown as Chinese war heroes."
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A Hill in Korea
π°π· South Korea The 1950sAnd They Blended That Courage and Their Cowardice to Fight an Enemy for 72 Nightmare Hours! β Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the soldiers find that Chinese troop movements have cut them off from their own lines. They try to fight their way back to safety but with the enemy surrounding them on all sides, the prospects look bleak. Facing almost insurmountable odds, they decide to stand a fight.
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Hold Back the Night
π°π· South Korea The 1950sIn Frisco, Guadalcanal, Melbourne, Korea ... you'll hear about Capt. Sam MacKenzie ... and you'll hear it best from a woman ! β A Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the last war.
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
π°π· South Korea The 1950s The 1940sThe price they pay when they come out of their secret garden and face the world in modern-day Hong Kong - makes this one of the screen's unforgettable experiences! β A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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The McConnell Story
π°π· South Korea The 1950sA Stirring Salute to the Great American Spirit AND NOW a Stiring Tribute from a Great American β Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every step.
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Heartbreak Ridge
π°π· South Korea The 1950sGarcet, a young French officer just out of military school, joins the French Batallion of the United Nations Forces fighting in Korea.
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Piagol
π°π· South Korea The 1950sA group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves because of the presence of the female compatriot while one of their members plots to desert their band.
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Target Zero
π°π· South Korea The 1950sOn target! β Drama set during the Korean War, released in 1955.
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Air Strike
π°π· South Korea The 1950sTasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host of challenges as he attempts to transform the greenhorns into a squadron of crackerjack jet pilots. Don Haggerty co-stars as the unit's second-in-command who clashes bitterly with the cocky young upstart of the team after the lad shows off with some reckless aerial acrobatics.
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An Annapolis Story
π°π· South Korea The 1950sTwo brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.
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The Eternal Sea
π°π· South Korea The 1950sBiography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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Hell's Horizon
π°π· South Korea The 1950sThe pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.
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