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“Korean War, 1951: Boy dreams of father's frontline life, opens parcel that shatters his world.”
Birthday Boy
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5.66
12,390 rank · 2,258 viewers · 2 favorites
Action
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Historical
Military
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Synopsis
Korean War, 1951: Boy dreams of father's frontline life, opens parcel that shatters his world.
Korean War, 1951. Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life. (Source: IMDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 3
σ 2.50
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.50 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 2.50
Running avg · Apr 2009 → Mar 2017
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “During the 1950s, there was a fierce war being fought on the soil of Korea. Machine guns being fired, bombs going off, and tanks, well, doing what tanks do best: blowing stuff up. While reading...”
- 3 “Rate 3 English Subtitles Borderline of an art film rather than anime. genres: action/slight comedy A bad name choice for this flick. I am guessing it was called that based on a single action taken...”
Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 0%
Long · 50%
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 9′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 09m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2004 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-4135 catalog