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The film exposes the atrocities of war through the eyes of two children who are stranded in the DMZ after the end of the Korean War. The DMZ, strewn with abandoned tanks, dead bodies, land mines, and unexploded shells, is an exceedingly dangerous place for children. But what most endangers them in the end are not weapons but people.

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    • Author: Zorve
    This is probably the most strongest 60s movies I have seen, a story of the Korean border viewed by two children, children who try to be children in the middle of a mine field.

    A little child girl Yong Ah is lost in the nature in the northern side of the DMZ border, she has lost everything except a memory of her mother who is in the southern side of the DMZ border. She befriended another child a boy who prefer her to call him brother. Together they join forces and go on adventures to cross the other side of the border.

    The kids do a great job getting the movie alive. Start like a child play but further they go more seriously the situation becomes. It's like the director wants to teach us about evil of war through the eyes of two children and it's brilliant. 10/10.
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    • Author: Tujar
    very expressive films and well executed, though the term is not excellent (about an hour but the film was clearly cut due era censorship) has managed not only to involve me but also made me think. Certainly the film has a clear "anti-communist" message and the war is only a frame of the story. The war seen through the eyes of two children who act like brother and sister, both looking (useless) of parents. The movie makes you think as I said earlier, because the war did not spare anyone, not even the children, who are the first to be a victim and to pay the costs. Beautiful scene when they try to boil the potatoes wild over a land mine, the scene is very strong and at the same time very intense and manages to give the suspense to the viewer, (a land mine is not a trivial matter ...) the director this has worked very cleverly found! Summing up I can say that it is a good movie, the 60 for South Korea accounted cinematically speaking its peak and despite the complaints filmmakers could still produce very thick films like this ....!
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    • Author: Hallolan
    'Demilitarized Zone' is not unlike the Japanese 'Grave of the Fireflies,' but instead of being based in a post-nuclear bomb attack in Hiroshima it is based in the split Koreas. The chemistry between the two are similar and in both movies they try to survive by their own means.

    In it the older brother takes care of his sister in the wasteland between Republic of Korea and Democratic Republic of Korea.

    With child actors and a simple story it doesn't offer much to modern audiences that doesn't have a strong relation to the division of the countries themselves. But if you love children and/or are sentimental you might enjoy this.

    For others it might be too naive, might have too much crying or simply be irrelevant.
  • Cast overview:
    Mi-lyeong Jo Mi-lyeong Jo
    Kung-won Nam Kung-won Nam
    Bin-a Ju Bin-a Ju
    Yeong-kwan Lee Yeong-kwan Lee
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