The Front Line (2011 film)

The Front Line
South Korean Poster
Korean name
Hangul
고지전
Hanja
高地戰
Revised RomanizationGojijeon
McCune–ReischauerKojijŏn
Directed byJang Hoon
Written byPark Sang-yeon
Produced byLee Woo-jeong
Kim Hyeon-cheol
StarringShin Ha-kyun
Go Soo
CinematographyKim Woo-hyung
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byJang Young-gyu
Dalpalan
Production
company
TPS Company
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • 20 July 2011 (2011-07-20)
Running time
133 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$20.6 million

The Front Line (Korean: 고지전; RR: Gojijeon; also known as Battle of Highlands) is a 2011 South Korean war film directed by Jang Hoon, set during the 1953 ceasefire of the Korean War. This is the third film by director Jang Hoon, after completing Secret Reunion and Rough Cut. It won four Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film. It was selected as South Korea's submission to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not make the final shortlist.