Winners of the 41st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2021. The ceremony will be held on November 11, 2021, Aloners, Escape from Mogadishu, Hostage: Missing Celebrity, INTRODUCTION, Made in Rooftop, Peninsula, Samjin Company English Class, Space Sweepers, The Book of Fish, The Call, The Day I Died: Unclosed Case, Three Sisters, Voice of Silence, Bang Joon-seok, Choi Young-hwan, Gong Seung-yeon, Hong Eui-jung, Jung Chul-min, Jung Sung-jin, Kim Mi-jo, Kim Se-gyeom, Kim Sun-young, Lee Hong-nae, Lee Joon-ik, Moon So-ri, Park Yun-jin, Ryoo Seung-wan, Sol Kyung-gu, Yoon Il-bong
Based on a 1935 novel written by Shim Hun, "Evergreen Tree" premiered in 1962 at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and despite the mostly negative reviews it received from American film critics, it was quite a success in S. Korea, netting awards for Best Actor and Actress the first Daejong Film Award, and Supporting Actor at the 9th Asian Film Festival, Evergreen Tree, Choi Eun-hee, Do Kum-bong, Heo Jang-kang, Kang-Shin Sung-il, Shin Sang-ok, Shin Young-kyun, Yoon Il-bong
2020/12/25
War films, particularly in the way the western audience has gotten used to them due to Hollywood productions for the most part, tend to focus on entertainment instead of reality, with few exceptions. Beat Back however, is not one of those films, particularly since it becomes obvious that the cast, three years after the Korean War, probably had experiences from actual war. The story is based on the true story of Captain Kim Man-sol s participation in the said events.
The movie begins with a war council of The Republic of Korea Army (ROK) where the operation staff officer suggests downsizing the existing force from company to platoon, since the extensive bombing of the Chinese Army to the area aims to deplete their power and wear them down. The suggestion is approved, leaving two military units behind, headed by Majors Kim Man-sol and Kim Moo-cheol, to defend Betty Hill. The men comprising the small force do their best, but many die, as the opposite force is much stron