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Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (VCD) (Korea Version)
Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (VCD) (Korea Version) VCD
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December 28, 2007 The movie is hilarious!!!The movie is hilarious but if you dont speak Korean and dont know its history, then you wont be able to understand the humor behind the movie.
Historical Setting:
The movie is based on the true event, and historical figures, before Shila-Tang alliance declared the war with Goguryeo, the only Asian nation that was powerful enough to withstand Tang's attacks and actually invaded part of China more than several times, throughout its 900 plus history. Sui Dynasty, the processor of Tang Dynasty, tried to invade Goguryeo more than once but it couldnt past Goguryeos outer most forts. Millions of Sui soldiers died and the cost of the war caused the destruction of Sui Dynasty.
One of the surviving royal family members found Tang Dynasty and it, too, tried to invade Goguryeo twice but they lost miserably. So their hatred to Goguryeo leads to alliance with Shila Dynasty, the weakest Dynasty within Korean peninsula. This alliance, and the Goguryeos own internal political power struggle, caused the destruction of Goguryeo when Tang invaded Goguryeo for the third time. However, before they can attack Goguryeo, Shila-Tang alliance had to get rid of Baekje, Goguryeos alliance.
Shila and Baekje were archrivals and Baekje was stronger than Shila. However, Shilas hatred and the passion for revenge on Baekje and Tangs desire to pay back the humiliating lost to Goguryeo created the alliance between Shila and Tang. The outcome of Hwang San Bul was critical for Shila-Tang alliance because it could alter their plan to invade Goguryeo and to stop Goguryeos own plan to invade Tang. (The only obstacle Goguryeo had been its own internal power struggle between Goguryeo military and non-military officials.)
Underlying Humor:
The main humor sprang from the movie was a regional dialect Baekje is using, guh-si-gi, and the Shila generals puzzlement of its meaning. Guh-si-gi is a southwestern dialect that is still being used today in that region and it means THAT/THIS in English but the people from southwestern region substitute that word to subject, verb, and adjective within a single sentence. So the outsiders, in this case Shila soldiers, have no idea what theyre talking about because guh-si-gi can be a name, action, description, location, and etc. The outcome of the war was depended on Shila's ability to solve this puzzling word.
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