Ode to My Father
2014 · Movie · 126 min · ★ 7.4 · 76% critics
A boy is separated from his family during the Korean War and grows up carrying a heavy sense of duty. As the years pass, he takes dangerous jobs abroad and faces new conflicts, all while holding onto the hope of finding the loved one he lost.
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Details
- Original title
- 국제시장
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-12-17
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (137 votes)
About
If you like big, emotional family dramas that span decades and mix hardship with occasional humor, this may work for you; Not for you if you dislike heavy melodrama, long runtimes, or predictable beats like in Harmony.
Pros: sweeping life journey; heartfelt family focus; touches modern history | Cons: very sentimental tone; long runtime drags; uneven, loud emotions
Themes
- vietnam war
- korean war (1950-53)
- father
- market
- coal mine
- busan, south korea
- south korea
Cast & crew
Hwang Jung-min
as Yoon Deok-soo
Yunjin Kim
as Young-ja
Oh Dal-su
as Dal-goo
Jung Jin-young
as Yoon Jin-gyu
Jang Young-nam
as Deok-soo's Mother
Ra Mi-ran
as Deok-soo's Paternal Aunt
Uhm Ji-sung
as Young Deok-soo
Kim Seul-gi
as Yoon Kkeut-soon
Kim Min-jae
as Yun Do-ju
Tae In-ho
as Yun Gi-ju
Directed by JK Youn