The Front Line
The Front Line
Toward the end of the Korean War, North and South Korean units repeatedly fight exhausting battles to capture and retake the same hill. Soldiers deployed to Aerok Hill face one another amid ongoing orders and suspicion, even as the war nears its end.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Inspired reconstruction
Based on the actual historical situation of hill battles late in the Korean War, but a war drama with Aerok Hill and the main characters and events created and combined rather than reproducing a specific actual battle as it happened.
Hill Battles Late in the Korean War
The repeated battles over several hills in the area of the military demarcation line late in the Korean War, fought alongside the armistice negotiations.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 8
Fact / Fiction verification
8 recordsThe work's true-story and historical background includes 'hill battles late in the Korean War.'
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- Based on the actual historical situation of hill battles late in the Korean War, but a war drama with Aerok Hill and the main characters and events created and combined rather than reproducing a specific actual battle as it happened.
- Verified record
- The repeated battles over several hills in the area of the military demarcation line late in the Korean War, fought alongside the armistice negotiations.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- JUDY AHN, Head of International Business, Showbox / MediaplexKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Kim Su-hyeok in the film is difficult to regard as a character who directly portrays a specific real person.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- A character in the film.
- Verified record
- It is appropriate to distinguish him as a fictional, composite, or dramatized character.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- JUDY AHN, Head of International Business, Showbox / MediaplexKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Kang Eun-pyo in the film is difficult to regard as a character who directly portrays a specific real person.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- A character in the film.
- Verified record
- It is appropriate to distinguish him as a fictional, composite, or dramatized character.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- JUDY AHN, Head of International Business, Showbox / MediaplexKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The official English title of The Front Line is The Front Line, and it is a 2011 Korean War film directed by Jang Hoon.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
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- Verified record
- This is confirmed by the KOFIC film database and distribution-related materials.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- JUDY AHN, Head of International Business, Showbox / MediaplexKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The film is set against the historical backdrop of repeated battles for control of hills late in the Korean War.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
- North and South Korean units repeatedly capture and retake the same hill.
- Verified record
- KOFIC describes the film as dealing with hill battles late in the Korean War.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The main characters, including Kang Eun-pyo and Kim Su-hyeok, have not been confirmed as characters who directly portray specific real-life soldiers.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
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- Verified record
- The official KOFIC materials currently available present the characters as characters in the film and do not identify specific real-life counterparts.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
It is difficult to identify Aerok Hill in the film with any one specific real hill.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
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- Verified record
- It is safer to understand the work as using a dramatic setting that compresses various aspects of hill battles during the Korean War.
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- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The work's realism lies in using the attrition and repetition of hill battles late in the war as its historical background, rather than in recreating a specific battle.
On screen · Verified record
- On screen
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- Verified record
- KOFIC's description identifies the wartime situation of repeatedly capturing the same hill as central to the work.
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- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
강은표
Fictional composite character김수혁
Fictional composite characterSources used
- The Front Line (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- JUDY AHN, Head of International Business, Showbox / MediaplexKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Perseverance in the Face of Great DangerKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →