▁war ▁movie ▁that ▁came ▁out ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁summer ▁block b uster ▁season . ▁St arring ▁Go ▁So o ▁and ▁Shin ▁Ha - ky un , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁well - rece ived ▁among ▁the ▁am ple ▁number ▁of ▁Korean ▁War - th emed ▁films ▁and ▁TV ▁dram as ▁comm emor ating ▁the ▁ 6 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁Through ▁the ▁gu ise ▁of ▁a ▁mystery ▁narr ative , ▁the ▁film ▁revol ved ▁around ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁South ▁and ▁North ▁Korean ▁soldiers ▁carrying ▁out ▁meaning less ▁sacrific es ▁trying ▁to ▁capture ▁a ▁nam eless ▁hill . ▁It ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁South ▁Korea ' s ▁submission ▁to ▁the ▁ 8 4 th ▁Academy ▁Awards ▁for ▁Best ▁Foreign ▁Language ▁Film , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁the ▁final ▁short list . ▁ ▁J ang ▁became ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁controvers y ▁when ▁former ▁ment or ▁Kim ▁Ki - du k ' s ▁document ary - style ▁self - port rait ▁A rir ang ▁was ▁released . ▁In ▁the ▁C annes ▁award - win ning ▁film , ▁the ▁elder ▁c ine aste ▁explicitly ▁critic ized ▁him ▁as ▁" a ▁bet ray er " ▁after ▁J ang ▁signed ▁with ▁the ▁film ▁production ▁company ▁Show box / Media plex . ▁Regarding ▁the ▁matter , ▁J ang ▁said , ▁" I ▁hope ▁director ▁Kim ▁can ▁find ▁cons olation ▁through ▁A rir ang . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁teacher ▁and ▁I ▁still ▁respect ▁him ▁very ▁much . ▁I ▁feel ▁very ▁sorry ▁as