War films, it seems, have always been a serious subject.
But there is a movie that also writes the word "war", but it has a different taste.
This movie is "Welcome to Dongmo Village".
In 1950, in the era of war, under the hopeless and endless smoke of war, everyone looked forward to an innocent, happy, leisure and ordinary place in their hearts.
Dongmo Village is one such village.
"Welcome to Dongmo Village" does not depict a cruel battlefield, but creates a pure land without war that everyone yearns for in the war years.
Compared to all other war-themed films and television works, this film has a distinct style.
In the past war movies, the blood and tenderness depicted were mostly concentrated on the battlefield. Throwing away one's head and spilling blood is mostly through the bloody and cruel portrayal of war, which leads people to reflect, or the struggle between the dark forces. People seem to know each other, but they don't know each other. The tense atmosphere of these films overflows the screen, making people breathless at any time.
The movie "Welcome to Dongmo Village" takes me into a piece of history from another perspective.
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After the outbreak of the Korean Civil War, innocent people lived every day in pain and rush.
During the U.S. landings in Incheon, several soldiers lost their way in the war and met by chance in the village of Dongmo.
The retreating North Korean troops to Pyongyang, the lost South Korean troops, and the fallen American troops.
Dongmo Village is like a "peach blossom garden". Because of the extreme inconvenience of transportation, the connection between the village and the outside world was blocked, and the news of the outbreak of war was also closed.
The villagers here are innocent, kind and lovely. When the silly girl and the other villagers saw the gun, the calm eyes told the soldiers that they didn't even know what the gun was and how dangerous it was.
Although the soldiers were skeptical about the result they understood, they followed a glimmer of hope to Dongmo Village with the silly girl.
The heartfelt kindness of the villagers tells the innate nature of people, the good nature that has been forgotten in war, and the world here seems to not know the meaning of the word "evil".
How pure and kind.
The villagers didn't know where these people came from, didn't know who they were, but felt that they were just as kind and healed them. Even as the fighters yelled at them, the villagers were still worried about whether they would be able to eat enough.
It was as if they could only pretend to be the most beautiful part of human nature in their thinking, and never understood what darkness was.
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One day, the North Korean Army, the South Korean Army, the American Army, six people, three colors of military uniforms.
The head of the Korean army abandoned his wounded comrades all the way to survive. Along the way, in the end, only one old and one young man was left in an army other than him, a total of three people.
The south Korean lieutenant, after carrying out the order to blow up the bridge, lingered in his mind the appearance of the innocent people on the bridge, and since then he has become a deserter and once wanted to end himself. He was rescued after an encounter with another lost South Korean hygienist.
The admiral of the U.S. military accidentally fell here.
The six of them had completely different political positions, but they all went into exile in this strange place.
When we first met, when we saw each other's different colored military uniforms, the air suddenly became fierce and nervous. They confronted each other in the village for days and nights, without eating or drinking. Don't shoot at the other party, and you are afraid of being hurt by the other party.
Different colors of military uniforms, so that they can't believe each other. It was so paradoxically deadlocked.
In fact, none of them wanted to go to war, because of the goodness in their hearts, they longed to forget the war.
The stalemate ended after an accident caused by the silly girl.
The silly girl mistakenly thought that the pull ring of the grenade was a ring, so she took it down.
After the chaos, the South Korean lieutenant accidentally threw it into the grain house and blew up the granary. The villagers' food was destroyed, but the corn was fried into popcorn flying all over the sky. The sweet smell of innocence and ease pervaded the soldiers.
The film uses a lot of freeze-frame shots and pictures, and this popcorn scene is a classic. It depicts the popcorn that the villagers saw when they saw the popcorn in the sky, the corn that did not expect to disappear, and delicately portrayed the joyful and simple character of the villagers.
Even in the face of difficulties, they are still happy.
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How can this pure land not be fascinating? The soldiers were slowly drawn to this force.
They decided to fill up the grain warehouse before leaving. The North and South armies were doing the same thing, but still couldn't get close to each other.
On this day, when the villagers were working on the farm, the silly girl who was playing outside accidentally led the wild boar to the farm, and the villagers looked frightened for the first time.
It seems that here, wild boars are the most dangerous existence.
The North and South armies, who had been suspicious of each other, instinctively stood together and killed the wild boar together. The villagers were very happy. The aroma of wild boar meat has completely narrowed the distance between the North and South armies and the hearts of the American army.
In the middle of the night, the six of them sneaked up on the wild boar abandoned by the villagers.
They don't know why the villagers don't eat pork, but the pain of the war has left them without a delicious meal for a long time. The aroma of this wild boar meat is really too much for them to refuse.
In the dead of night, they eat wild boars together in the wild, telling each other's stories.
A rain that drenched the uniforms. Taking off their different colored uniforms, they could not distinguish between the enemy and friendly forces, they were all people working together on the farm.
The soldiers lived a peaceful life here, developed love, experienced friendship, and even family affection. In times of war, this is the most ordinary and simple luxury. They don't want the granary to be filled, they want to live forever in this wonderful happiness.
The soldiers had an unspeakable fear of war outside, and once they left here, their fate was swept into the vortex of war, and they did not want to be hurt themselves, nor did they want their companions to be hurt.
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In order to find the missing soldiers, the U.S. military sent parachutes to search for them.
The war began to walk into the village.
When everyone was dancing happily in Dong mo Village, they didn't know that danger was approaching.
The five surviving parachutes entered the village and broke the atmosphere of joy.
They did not lose the kindness of the soldiers before, punched and kicked the village chief, shot at the sky, and the bloody smell of war suddenly dispersed. This is in stark contrast to the confrontation between the previous soldiers when they came to the village.
Eventually, the soldiers joined forces to kill the five parachute jumpers. But the surviving translators told them that tomorrow the village would be bombed.
The silly girl dies in the chaos, and she is a childlike innocence, which makes people reflect on what the meaning of war really is.
The lost soldiers decided to use explosive fire to fight the coming bombing, divert attention and defend the village of Dongmo.
They put on their military uniforms again, and although the colors were different, their hearts were together.
Even if it is doomed to death, they have no remorse. They are soldiers, to defend dongmo village, to defend peace, to defend goodness.
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From a comedic perspective, the film depicts an understanding of the Korean Civil War and a satire of the war.
The cruelty of the war and the kindness of the villagers brought about a strong contrast. The comedic plot and the final tragic ending also bring a strong contrast.
The pain of war is the same for everyone. The brisk end of the film leaves people with deep reflection and reflection.
May there be peace in the world.