Welcome to Dongmakgol
| Welcome to Dongmakgol | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 웰컴 투 동막골 |
| Revised Romanization | Welkeom tu Dongmakgol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Welk'ŏm t'u Tongmakkol |
| Directed by | Park Kwang-hyun |
| Written by | Jang Jin Park Kwang-hyun Kim Joong |
| Produced by | Jang Jin Lee Eun-ha Ji Sang-yong |
| Starring | Jung Jae-young Shin Ha-kyun Kang Hye-jung |
| Cinematography | Choi Sang-ho |
| Edited by | Steve M. Choe |
| Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$8 million |
| Box office | US$31.8 million |
Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean: 웰컴 투 동막골), also known as Battle Ground 625 (UK), is a 2005 South Korean war comedy-drama film. Based on the same-titled long-running stage play by filmmaker/playwright Jang Jin, Park Kwang-hyun's debut film was a commercial and critical success.
The story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded village, its residents largely unaware of the outside world, including the war.
It was South Korea's official entry for the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards in 2005, and at the time the fourth highest grossing South Korean film of all time.