71-Into The Fire
71-Into The Fire
A work that takes as its central motif the actual events of 71 student soldiers fighting in the 1950 Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School, but heavily dramatizes the main characters and details of the battle. At its center is the battle in which 71 student soldiers defend a school.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
The work takes as its central motif the real event in which 71 student soldiers fought in the 1950 Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School, but heavily dramatizes the main characters and details of the battle.
Battle of the Student Soldiers at Pohang Girls' Middle School
A battle during the Korean War in which 71 student soldiers engaged North Korean forces in the area around Pohang Girls' Middle School.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 8
Fact / Fiction verification
8 recordsThe KOFIC English title for <Into the Fire> is 71-Into The Fire, and it is a 2010 war film directed by Lee Jae-han.
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- This is confirmed in the KOFIC film database.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The film's central setting is the real battle in which 71 student soldiers fought at Pohang Girls' Middle School in 1950.
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- On screen
- The battle in which 71 student soldiers defend the school is central.
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- War Memorial of Korea materials describe the battle fought by 71 student soldiers and its adaptation into a film.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
According to War Memorial of Korea materials, 47 student soldiers died in this battle.
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- War Memorial of Korea exhibition materials record that 47 of the 71 were killed.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
It is difficult to regard major characters in the film, such as Oh Jang-beom and Gu Gap-jo, as direct one-to-one portrayals of actual student soldiers from the battle.
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- Official historical materials confirm the group battle, but do not confirm that the individual stories of the film's central characters are identical to those of actual people.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The battle's occurrence and the core figure of 71 are real, but the commander, North Korean officer, and individual hero stories were re-created for the film.
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- A comparison of historical materials and the film synopsis should distinguish the framework of the group battle from the stories of individual characters.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The film's true-story and historical background includes the 'Battle of the Student Soldiers at Pohang Girls' Middle School.'
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- The work takes as its central motif the real event in which 71 student soldiers fought in the 1950 Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School, but heavily dramatizes the main characters and details of the battle.
- Verified record
- A battle during the Korean War in which 71 student soldiers engaged North Korean forces in the area around Pohang Girls' Middle School.
View 2 sources
- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
Gu Gap-jo is not a character portraying a specific student soldier from the actual Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School, but a created character added by the film for dramatic conflict.
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- On screen
- A character in the film.
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- It is appropriate to classify the character as fictional, composite, or dramatized.
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- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The major student-soldier characters, including Oh Jang-beom, are characters whose individual identities and detailed stories were re-created for the film against the background of the actual Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- A character in the film.
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- It is appropriate to classify the characters as fictional, composite, or dramatized.
View 2 sources
- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
구갑조
Fictional composite character오장범
Fictional composite characterSources used
- 71-Into The Fire (2010)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Student Volunteer Forces: Putting the pen down and going to the frontlines전쟁기념관 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →