pen, and begs his brother's skeletal remains to speak to him, quoting his promises as his granddaughter looks on with sympathy. Back in the 1950s, in the aftermath of the Korean War, Jin-seok returns to his mother, who also survived, discovers the shoes to which his brother had dedicated himself to perfecting, and heads off with Young-shin's younger siblings in a now-peaceful, but ruined, Seoul as the nation begins rebuilding. He reassures them that he will return to school, fulfilling the promise he made to Jin-tae. Cast Jang Dong-gun as Lee Jin-tae Won Bin as Lee Jin-seok, Jin-tae's younger brother Jang Min-ho as old Lee Jin-seok Lee Eun-ju as Kim Young-shin, Jin-tae's fiancée Choi Min-sik as North Korean commander Gong Hyung-jin as Yong-man Ahn Gil-kang as Sergeant Heo Jeon Jae-hyeong as Yong-seok Jo Yoon-hee as Lee Jin-seok's granddaughter Kim Soo-ro as Anti-Communist Federation member Joo Da-young as Young-ja Kim Jae-joong as Corpse hazardous excavation site unit Prior to Kim Jae-joong's debut as a singer, he worked as extra, one is a Corpse hazardous excavation site unit and the other is a Chinese soldier (uncredited). Jo Sung-mo also worked as an extra, playing a soldier of the North Korean People's Army (uncredited). Production Title The film's title is the name of the pre-war flag of the People's Republic of Korea, the flag of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea as well as the current flag of South Korea, featuring the Taegeuk symbol. It was released in the United Kingdom as Brotherhood: Taegukgi and the United States as Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War. Soundtrack The music was composed by Lee Dong-june, and released on February 23, 2004 as a single CD, produced by Yejeon Media in South Korea and Avex Trax in Japan. It has 25 tracks, with seven bonus tracks, including a solo piano and chamber ensemble arrangement of the main theme. The "haunting" main theme's lyricism, present throughout several of the tracks, was compared favorably to music of film score composers Ennio Morricone and John Williams. Although it was received generally positively, one critic argued that the film was tragic enough already, and needed "a more subtle soundtrack." Reception At the 50th Asia Pacific Film Festival, Taegukgi won the "Best Film" award, while Kang Je-gyu was awarded the "Best Director". It was one of four Korean movies screened at the 2006 International Fajr Film Festival in Iran.