Welcome to Dongmakgol
2005 2h 13m movie Film South Korea

Welcome to Dongmakgol

웰컴 투 동막골

“Story about a village where the miracle lives in.”

Synopsis

웰컴 투 동막골

“Story about a village where the miracle lives in.”

Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, 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 and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.

The 2004–2006 South Korea Window

128 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Welcome to Dongmakgol sits at position #16.

  1. Alone in Love
    #1

    Alone in Love

    ★ 8.9 · 2006

  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender
    #2

    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    ★ 8.7 · 2005

  3. My Lovely Sam-Soon
    #3

    My Lovely Sam-Soon

    ★ 8.5 · 2005

  4. High Kick
    #4

    High Kick

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

  5. Jumong
    #5

    Jumong

    ★ 8.3 · 2006

  6. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
    #6

    Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

    ★ 8.0 · 2004

  7. I'm Sorry, I Love You
    #7

    I'm Sorry, I Love You

    ★ 8.0 · 2004

  8. Princess Hours
    #8

    Princess Hours

    ★ 7.9 · 2006

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Welcome to Dongmakgol. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2000s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Welcome to Dongmakgol premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$8.0M
Budget
$33.6M
Revenue
$25.6M
Net Profit
4.2×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 13m runtime, production spent $60K per minute on screen and earned $252K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
169
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #397 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #121 of 427 (top 28%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Spoken Languages English, Korean
Production Companies Film It Suda, Showbox
Runtime 2h 13m
Release Date August 4, 2005
IMDb tt0475783
Official Site www.dongmakgol2005.co.kr

Themes & Motifs

  • friendship
  • nationalism
  • village
  • korean war
  • tragedy
  • soldier
  • massacre
  • military
  • anti war
  • korean army
  • inter-korean relations

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