71: Into the Fire (2010) on Netflix
In August 1950 the South Korean army waits at the Nakdong River for United Nations troops, leaving 71 student volunteers to hold Pohang. Oh Jang-beom is placed in command of them.
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In the early days of the Korean War, the South Korean army gathers along the Nakdong River to hold the line while it waits for United Nations troops. The city of Pohang is left with a single unit of 71 student volunteers, undertrained and short of weapons. Oh Jang-beom, a student who survived a battle at Yeongdeok, is ordered by Captain Kang to lead them. Three young criminals under Ku Kap-jo join the unit, and Kap-jo challenges Jang-beom's authority and wrecks the students' food supply. Ordered to hold the P'ohang girls' middle school, a strategic point on the river perimeter, the students face the approaching 766th Unit.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 71: Into the Fire (2010)
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- 71: Into the Fire is based on the true story of 71 undertrained, outgunned South Korean student volunteer soldiers who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, at the Battle of P'ohang-dong; for 11 hours they held P'ohang girls' middle school against the feared North Korean 766th Unit.
- T.O.P. was injured during the filming of 71: Into the Fire, a shoot that began on December 1, 2009 with help from the Ministry of National Defense and finished on April 13, 2010.
