My Way

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  • Opened April 20, 2012 (Limited)
  • 2 hr 22 min
  • R | Graphic Sequences of Violence and Graphic Sequences of War
  • After emerging as bitter rivals and enemies as young marathon runners, Korean native Kim Jun-shik and Japanese aristocrat Tatsuo Hasegawa both find themselves in the Japanese army, fighting the Chinese and Soviets in a bloody battle. Jun-shik is there under duress, while Tatsuo is a powerful colonel. After both are taken prisoner by the Soviets, their mutual hatred and mistrust boils over into a violence that is only stopped by the continuing horror of the war. 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. They meet again at Normandy Beach, both unlikely survivors, bonded together by history as they struggle to survive one more terrible battle as the Allies arrive on D-Day. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Jô Odagiri, Jang Dong-gun, Fan Bingbing
  • Director: Kang Je Gyu
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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My Way

by Peneflix

"My Way" is Kang Je-gyg's epic of WWII from the Korean/ Japanese perspective; at times melodramatic, testing one's believability in the quasi nonfictional story of two young men, privileged and poor,...

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by superc5

Age 14 and up. One of the very few movies available to Americans about WW2 as seen from the Asian side. At the same time, considering their movie industry is still young, a durn good movie. Yes...

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New York Post
| V.A. Musetto

My Way is not, as the title might suggest, a Frank Sinatra biopic. No, it's an eye-popping, empty-headed World War II epic made in South Korea. Read full review

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Stephen Cole

Adolescent boys will savour My Way's bombast and solemnity. Cringing adult audiences will more likely beat a retreat before final call. Read full review

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Austin Chronicle
| Marc Savlov

The most expensive South Korean film ever made is also one of the most realistic (read: gory) depictions of the horrors of war, specifically World War II, global cinema has ever produced. Read full review

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Arizona Republic
| Bill Goodykoontz

Jang and Odagiri are good as the rival runners and soldiers. But they are surrounded by over-the-top performances, which play out like a mugging contest. Read full review

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A scene from "My Way."