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The closest to it is probably the way trench raids were conducted in WWI, but even then the defenders would stay in their trenches, and the attackers would move as fast as possible to get out of the open field. Jun-shik and Tatsuo Hasegawa Sung Yu-bin are interested in running. Screw This, I'm Outta Here! The rifle is not inherently wrong, but the Kar 98k was actually rare within the Chinese military by that point, as many had been used by the Nationalist's few German-trained divisions, many who were wiped out in the Battle of Shanghai in , two years before Shirai shows up.

The idea for My Way was birthed from a World War II photo. It shows a small asian man clad in a German army uniform. It was reported that the man survived a 12, km journey across the battlefields before ending up in France. He was a Korean.

My Way, South Korea’s World War II movie revolves around frenemies Kim Jun-shik (Jang Dong-gun) and Hasegawa Tatsuo (Joe Odagiri).

Kim jun shik biography of william hill And beyond that, there isn't a lot of firm evidence that anyone named Yang Kyoungjong existed in the first place, except for a picture that shows an unnamed "Japanese man" surrendering. Film Business Asia. The movie depicts D-Day with clear skies and relatively calm waves. Forced to fight for the Soviets, the two eventually rely on each other for survival, making it to Germany, where they are in turn separated and forced to fight for the Nazis.

As soldiers, the pair finds themselves donning many different military uniforms while fighting in the war.

FRENEMIES & A LADY: (l-r) Jang Dong-gun, Fan Bing Bing & Joe Odagiri

They went from fighting for Japan to the Soviet Union, Germany and eventually France. The film is said to be “loosely” based on a true story of a Korean man who survived a 12, km journey across the battlefields; ending in France.

In the movie’s production notes, it is reported that the film is inspired by a photograph of an East Asian man found among German prisoners after the Allied’s victory at Normandy.

We think it is the picture below.

Pic source: ?Asian-Wehrmacht-Nazi

The story behind the photograph moved and shocked My Way’s director Kang Je-kyu after it was highlighted in a TV documentary in South Korea.

During the Busan International Film Festival, Kang said: “I received the original scenario four years ago.

I then watched a three-episode SBS documentary on the same subject which made me unable to sleep. So, roughly two and a half years ago, I made the decision to direct the movie myself.”

EXPRESSIVE: Director Kang Je-kyu (left) and his My Way cast talk about the movie

The film&#;s budget is estimated at a whopping RMmil and it took Kang three years of writing and eight months of pre-production before shooting began in Oct

The cast is toplined by none other than Jang Dong-gun (Korea) and Joe Odagiri (Japan) with Fan Bing Bing (China) portraying a smaller role.

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Jang reunites with Kang after the pair&#;s extremely successful run at the box office with Taegukgi: Brotherhood of War ().

The chance to work with Kang again sealed Jang&#;s decision to film another war movie.

“After Taegukgi I thought I couldn’t do another war movie. What else could be said about war?&#; said Jang.

Biography of william shakespeare Fire-Forged Friends : Jun-shik Korean and Tatsuo Japanese start out as rivals during their sporting days and then enemies when the former is conscripted into the Japanese army and the latter is assigned as his officer. Possibly justified, as it's unclear how much time elapsed between their capture and arrival at the gulag. The only catch is that while some historians believe he was real, many disagree. Wi Ji Woong.

&#;When I learned Kang Je-kyu would direct the movie then my decision came easily.&#;

My Way challenged Jang to express himself in Japanese. &#;Joe Odagiri helped me a lot,&#; said the year-old about scenes with the Japanese actor. &#;Odagiri is an actor who thinks deeply and has firm thoughts as an actor… so we are on the same wavelength.&#;

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Meanwhile, Odagiri also thinks highly of his South Korean co-star.

&#;While acting together I could tell he was also considerate. I felt we understood each other well.

&#;If I were a woman I would have a crush on him,&#; said the 36 year old.

Opera star, Andrea Bocelli, lends his voice to the film’s soundtrack, To Find My Way.

The Chosun Ilbo. As they survive together through multiple battles and hardships in three different theaters of World War II, they become best friends by the end of the war. Tatsuo and Jun-shik survive and are then captured by the Wehrmacht, who in turn conscript them as Osttruppen. Contents move to sidebar hide.

Composed by Lee Dong-jun, the song is played during the credit roll.

Read K-popped!&#;s My Way review here. The film will be playing in Malaysian cinemas on April

MY WAY IN SOUTH KOREA: Actor Kim In-kwon (left), who portrays Lee Jong-dae, with the main cast of the movie.

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