95 Films & TV Shows Set In South Korea During The 1950s
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Inchon
π°π· South Korea Tokyo Prefecture 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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Unsung Heroes
π°π΅ North Korea (DPRK) π°π· South Korea ππ° Hong Kong 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΅ Japan π΅π Philippines 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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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 π―π΅ Japan 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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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
New York 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΅ Japan 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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