Ode to My Father
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| Hangul | 국제시장 |
| Hanja | 國際市場 |
| Literal meaning | Gukje Market |
| Revised Romanization | Gukjesijang |
| Directed by | Yoon Je-kyoon |
| Written by | Park Su-jin |
| Produced by | Yoon Je-kyoon Park Ji-seong |
| Starring | Hwang Jung-min Kim Yun-jin Oh Dal-su Jung Jin-young Jang Young-nam Ra Mi-ran Kim Seul-gi |
| Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan |
| Edited by | Lee Jin |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean English German Vietnamese |
| Budget | US$30 million |
| Box office | US$99 million |
Ode to My Father (Korean: 국제시장) is a 2014 South Korean drama film directed by Yoon Je-kyoon. Starring Hwang Jung-min, Yunjin Kim, and Oh Dal-su, it depicts South Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man, as he experiences events such as the Hungnam evacuation of 1950 during the Korean War, the government's decision to dispatch nurses and miners to West Germany in the 1960s, and the Vietnam War.
It is currently the seventh highest-grossing film in the history of South Korean cinema, with 14.2 million tickets sold.