''Five Marines'' () is a 1961 South Korean film. It was popular genre-film director

Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk ( ; 20 December 196011 December 2020) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter, noted for his Idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic Art film, art-house cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit ...

's directorial debut.

Synopsis

During the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

, five marines are selected for a mission in enemy territory. They carry out the mission successfully, but four of the five are killed before they can return.Synopsis from

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* * * (dead link 2011-11-07) 1961 films 1960s Korean-language films Films about the Republic of Korea Marine Corps Korean War films South Korean war drama films 1961 directorial debut films {{Korea-war-film-stub