71: Into the Fire (Pohwasogeuro) (포화 속으로)

Lotte Entertainment and Taewon Entertainment present

a Taewon Entertainment production

in association with UBU Film and H Plus Communication

distributed by Lotte Entertainment

co-presented by M-Venture Investment, CJ Venture Investment,

and SOVIK Venture Capital

with the support of Korea Export Insurance Corporation and Hana Bank

This film is based on an actual event.

On August 15th, 1945, Korea gets liberated.

The South under U.S. influences and the North under Soviet influences.

June 25th, 1950, the North Korean People's Army

makes a surprise attack on the South. The North occupies Seoul in 3 days

and the rest in 40 days, except for the area south of Nakdong River.

Far outnumbered, many students joined the South Korean army as volunteer soldiers.

Young-deok, August 8th, 1950

executive producers CHUNG Tae-won, SON Kwang-ik

co-executive producers Andy J . KIM, SHIN Kang-yeong, PARK Hyun-tae

Produced by CHUNG Tae-won

co-producers KIM Dong-woo, CHO Hyun- associate producer CHOI Geon-yong

co-associate producers LEE Jin-Hoon, HWANG Moon-soo

cinematographer CHOI Chan-min, lighting YOO Young-jong

art director CHO Ki-ho, visual effects KIM Tae-hoon

sound Park Jun-o, recording Park Jong-kun

music LEE Dong-jun, editors Steve M. CHOE, KIM Chang-joo

(Khan ) special effects JUNG Do-ahn, LEE

Hee-kyung, choreographer CHUN Moon-sik

Hey! You!

written by LEE Man-hee, KIM Dong-woo, John H. LEE

- Take this to the third platoon! - Sir?

Gae-sung Store rooftop!

- Get me more ammo! - Yes, sir!

Captain.

Capt. Kang. How's the situation there?

Requesting reinforcements, now!

directed by John H. LEE

Fire!

Forward!

This is the 3rd platoon!

- How much left? - That's it, sir.

Captain!

- Where are our reinforcements? - They have ordered a retreat.

Retreat, now! That's an order!

lf you don't, you’ll all die! Listen to me, Capt. Kang!

We can beat them, Commander!

- Lieutenant Kim! - Yes, sir!

- Backup the 3rd platoon. - Yes, sir!

- Fight them off no matter what! - Yes, sir!

- Let's go! - Yes, sir!

- Kim Jun-seop! - Sir?

Careful out there.

Incoming on the left!

Medics! Over here!

Hurry!

Oh Jang-beom!

Back to the 4th defence line!

More ammo, sir!

Take cover!

The machine guns are down!

Take it.

Stay behind me!

Jang-beom! Stay back!

More are coming!

2nd platoon! Sit tight!

Commander! We've lost contact, sir!

- Try it again! - Yes, sir!

Capt. Lee Myung-guk, sir!

Still couldn’t break through?

The remnants are starting to run away.

We’ll seize the place, soon!

Unit 766 will finish fighting and head to Pohang, now!

Liberate our country!

Unify our country!

Kill every one of them!

Charge!

Commander! Send us reinforcements, sir!

We’ll get all the damn commies!

Retreat! Retreat!

- Let's go! - Run!

Get them, now!

Take your picture, sir.

Yes, sir.

I understand, sir.

Commander.

Our political leader has ordered us to go to the battle at Nakdong River at once.

Look, Commissar Lee An-nam. Why should I go there?

- I'm going straight to Pohang. - But it's the party's order!

What do those scribbling at their desks know about war?

Are you saying you will go against an order?

Comrade, who is above the party?

Who is at the top of the party?

Our Great Supreme Commander.

On the day I left Pyongyang our Great Supreme Commander

ordered me to seize Busan before August 15th!

- Lieutenant! - Yes, sir!

Our 766 unit will march straight for Pohang.

Stop hesitating! Blow it up, now!

lf we cut off the bridge, the refugees will be stranded!

- What will happen to them, sir? - That's an order, Kang Seok-dae!

We’ll take care of you. Don't worry.

Hold on. The medication's coming.

We’ll give you morphine.

Kim Jun-seop

Take away the body.

Can you hear me?

Or can't you?

It looks like your eardrums are ruptured.

Does it hurt?

What's your name?

Do you know when you got hurt?

Don't want to talk to me?

- What happened to Kim Jun-seop? - Killed in action, sir.

That fool.

Where are our backup troops?

- Why did you stop the artillery support? - Capt. Kang.

Our 3rd division has done nothing but retreat for the last 40 days.

We're sick of retreating!

When are the allied forces coming?

Where do we run away to now?

All the way to Busan? Then what? Jump into the sea?

Enough! Capt. Kang!

Stop.

I know.

Watching your men die, it breaks your heart.

I didn't have any troops to send you.

And the artillery units had to go and save the 4th division at Wonpori.

Our 3rd division are going to fight at Nakdong River immediately.

The North's 5th, 1 2th, and 1 5th divisions are swarming towards Nakdong.

We've been ordered to annihilate them.

Nakdong River will be a pool of blood.

Because we have nowhere else to retreat to. It's our last line of defence.

Then which unit will protect Pohang?

Attention!

All student soldiers in there!

Hurry up, people!

- Get going! - Go!

Gather around!

When Kim Jun-seop died,

- were you the one with him? - Yes, sir.

Hurry up!

- What's your name, son? - Oh Jang-beom, sir.

Catch!

Good day, sir.

- What is it? - Just wondering. ..

Those boys over there

are bound for juvenile reformatory on murder charges.

But they want to become student soldiers instead,

and fight against the damn commies.

Will you take fools like them?

I’m sure they’ll be good at fighting and stuff.

Especially this one, here.

He looks a little old.

- Sure he's a student? - You're a student, right?

The other students are gathered over there. Run over!

Don't worry, sir.

Run you fools!

His parents got shot dead by commies.

He's itching to get his hands on the commies.

Sign here, please.

68 new, plus 3 existing student soldiers, all 71 here, sir!

The existing 3 step forward.

Give the new student soldiers a rifle and 250 bullets each.

Now, sir?

Come up, one at a time!

Next!

Back to positions after getting your weapons!

Move it!

Whoa!

Awesome!

Men!

You will now be formed into one unit.

You will be divided into two platoons.

Your captain will be.. .

Oh Jang-beom here.

Excuse me, sir?

- What is it? - Why's he the captain, sir?

Any objections?

Can't we vote to choose the leader?

Yeah! Let's do it democratically!

How about who eats the most? I'm pretty good at that, myself!

Quiet! You think this is a picnic!

The captain must have combat experience.

Oh Jang-beom's your captain.

From now on, you will defend this place.

Our 3rd division command will all go to fight at Nakdong River.

You mean

we have to protect this place?

- Just us, sir? - That's right.

- Does Pohang need to be protected? - Pohang is a strategic point.

Then why are the soldiers leaving?

Pohang is important, but if we lose the battlefront at Nakdong,

we're all dead.

Information tells us now,

it's safer here compared to Nakdong River.

How long do we have to stand guard?

The allied forces will arrive in Busan soon. Just till then.

Don't go, sir. Can't you stay?

It’s an order from above.

- A soldier moves according to orders. - Sir?

What if the commies attack? What then?

Then we kill them all!