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Korean War: 1950–1953
South Korea · 1950–1953 · exact time + place
Enter the 'Forgotten War' — a brutal conflict that solidified the division of the Korean peninsula, with intense fighting between North and South, plus China and a UN coalition. The button below opens StoryTerra with both South Korea and 1950–1953 already set.
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Browse 23 movies and 1 TV show set in South Korea.
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Ayla: The Daughter of War
In 1950 amidst the ravages of the Korean War Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her smuggling her into his army base and…
M*A*S*H
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and hijinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
M*A*S*H
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and…
71: Into the Fire
In August 1950 waiting for UN troops to arrive the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the…
Welcome to Dongmakgol
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…
A Melody to Remember
Second Lieutenant Han Sang-yeol leads his platoon during the Korean War in the early 1950s. He carries emotional scars and pain within. So when he meets some children from a choir who have lost everything in the war…
Battle of Jangsari
Korean War September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation deploying diversionary attacks in other locations.…
The Steel Helmet
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.
Operation Chromite
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.
The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 24 in the catalogue for this entry. For the live 1950–1953 catalogue, use the button above — or browse all Korea stories. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.