1. How does the movie begin?
South Korean soldiers protecting a girl's middle school. Two young soldiers are carrying a wounded soldier who is covered in blood.
2. Was the North and South Korean army proportionate to each other?
-No, the South Korean army was largely outnumbered.
3. The South Korean soldier riding the wagon to escape looks back and what does he imagine?
-He visions that his mother and the mother of the dead soldiers are crying and weeping at the young boys being drifted away into the army.
4. What is a woman's role during the Korean war?
-All women shown in the movie "71 Into the Fire" are depicted as nurses, caretakers, cooks.
5. The setting of the movie tells a lot about the land of Korea. Describe the location of the movie.
-The location of the movie is manly the all-girls middle school but the surrounding features include lots of trees, mountains, open scenery, rain, and farm land.
6. When the high official lives Oh Jung Beom in charge of the new, young soldiers, what does the official give him? What advice does he give?
-The high official gives Oh Jung Beom a watch and tells him to lead with his heart. He says that if he has good intentions and a pure heart, others will follow,
7. Why do the soldiers need to defend Pohang?
-It is a minor military base for South Korea. If the enemies get through the Nakdong River, it's over for the South Koreans.
8. How do the North Korean troops plan to cross the Nakdong River?
-The North Korean High Comrade wants his troops to swim across the Nakdong River to capture the South Koreans.
9. What gifts do the South Korean troops receive from the Allies?
-Tootsie Rolls, small weapons, cards, Hersey's milk chocolate, campbell's tomato soup, lucky strike cigarettes.
10. Do the young, new soldiers respect and listen to Oh Jung Beom as their high officer?
-No! There are three guys who bully Oh Jung Beom and refuse to listen to his orders. They threaten him with a knife and laugh at his face.
11. What are the young, new soldiers refusing to do? What do they want to do instead?
-The young, new soldiers do not listen to Oh Jung Beom because they do not want to bury dead soldiers. Instead they want to fight and kill communists.
12. What do the 3 bullies find while they are smoking and eating raw potatoes?
-One of the guys find a hand grenade. The chubby bully opens the hand grenade by accident, it blows up the room with all the potatoes and the soldiers are left with nothing to eat but corn.
13. What food do the South Korean soldier's miss the most?
-Their mother's spicy red cabbage soup.
14. Why did Oh Jung Beom not shoot the last North Korean soldier even though the North Korean soldier was almost dead?
-The North Korean soldier was saying "mother" as his last worlds. Oh Jung Beom felt pity on him.
15. Why does the entire South Korean army under Oh Jung Beom go after 1 North Korean Soldier?
-The main bully starts the hunt after the North Korean soldier kills his chubby best friend.
16. Why does Oh Jung Beom get mad at the main bully?
-Oh Jung Beom commanded the main bully to not shoot a little boy, who was communist, but the main bully did anyways.
17. What does the main bully do right after he gets back home from the battlefield?
-The main bully digs up a cemetery burial for his chubby best friend.
18. Why do the High Comrade official of the North Korean army and the High Comrade official of the south Korean army meet in the tenet after the battle?
-The North Korean official has a South Korean soldier under hostage.
19. What does the North Korean official do with the South Korean soldier who he has under hostage?
-The North Korean official returns him back to his naval base.
20. What does the North Korean official tell Oh Jung Beom?
-The North Korean officials tells Oh Jung Beom that the communists will attack the naval back in 2 hours, at 12 o'clock. He also informs Jung Beom that if he replaces the South Korean flag with a white flag, symbolizing surrender, the North Korean army will not attack.
21. Why does the Bully beat up the South Korean soldier who was held hostage?
-The bully beats up the South Korean soldier because the Bully thinks that the South Korean soldier is a traitor.
22. What is significant about the South Korean soldier with glasses?
-The South Korean soldier with glasses is the brains of the army. He is radio operator and aid to Oh Jung Beom.
23. Instead of surrendering, what do the South Korean soldiers do at 12:00?
-The South Korean soldiers go on a hunt to find more weapons, and they prepare a cannonball to shoot on the North Korean soldiers..
24. What brand watch does the North Korean High Official wear?
-Rolex watch
25. Why does the Bully and Oh Jung Beom cry after the battle?
-the Bully and Oh Jung Beom become friends because they both realize how brave they were to transform from kids into student soldiers.
26. During the conversation after the battle, what does the Bully confess to Oh Jung Beom?
-The Bully confesses that he was never smart in school and that he is jealous of Oh Jung Beom's intelligence.
27. How does the Bully die?
-The Bully is shot by the High Comrade official of North Korea. The Last thing that the Bully was trying to do was kill the North Korean High Official with the knife that he was killed with.
28. Who witnesses the death of the Bully?
-Oh Jung Beom.
29. How does the movie end? What is so important about the last scene?
-The movie ends with the student soldiers in their casual clothes taking a picture. The picture replicates the one that resembles the picture from the actual Korean war.
30. What two soldiers die at the same time shooting one another?
-Oh Jung Beom and the High Comrade official of North Korea.
South Korean soldiers protecting a girl's middle school. Two young soldiers are carrying a wounded soldier who is covered in blood.
2. Was the North and South Korean army proportionate to each other?
-No, the South Korean army was largely outnumbered.
3. The South Korean soldier riding the wagon to escape looks back and what does he imagine?
-He visions that his mother and the mother of the dead soldiers are crying and weeping at the young boys being drifted away into the army.
4. What is a woman's role during the Korean war?
-All women shown in the movie "71 Into the Fire" are depicted as nurses, caretakers, cooks.
5. The setting of the movie tells a lot about the land of Korea. Describe the location of the movie.
-The location of the movie is manly the all-girls middle school but the surrounding features include lots of trees, mountains, open scenery, rain, and farm land.
6. When the high official lives Oh Jung Beom in charge of the new, young soldiers, what does the official give him? What advice does he give?
-The high official gives Oh Jung Beom a watch and tells him to lead with his heart. He says that if he has good intentions and a pure heart, others will follow,
7. Why do the soldiers need to defend Pohang?
-It is a minor military base for South Korea. If the enemies get through the Nakdong River, it's over for the South Koreans.
8. How do the North Korean troops plan to cross the Nakdong River?
-The North Korean High Comrade wants his troops to swim across the Nakdong River to capture the South Koreans.
9. What gifts do the South Korean troops receive from the Allies?
-Tootsie Rolls, small weapons, cards, Hersey's milk chocolate, campbell's tomato soup, lucky strike cigarettes.
10. Do the young, new soldiers respect and listen to Oh Jung Beom as their high officer?
-No! There are three guys who bully Oh Jung Beom and refuse to listen to his orders. They threaten him with a knife and laugh at his face.
11. What are the young, new soldiers refusing to do? What do they want to do instead?
-The young, new soldiers do not listen to Oh Jung Beom because they do not want to bury dead soldiers. Instead they want to fight and kill communists.
12. What do the 3 bullies find while they are smoking and eating raw potatoes?
-One of the guys find a hand grenade. The chubby bully opens the hand grenade by accident, it blows up the room with all the potatoes and the soldiers are left with nothing to eat but corn.
13. What food do the South Korean soldier's miss the most?
-Their mother's spicy red cabbage soup.
14. Why did Oh Jung Beom not shoot the last North Korean soldier even though the North Korean soldier was almost dead?
-The North Korean soldier was saying "mother" as his last worlds. Oh Jung Beom felt pity on him.
15. Why does the entire South Korean army under Oh Jung Beom go after 1 North Korean Soldier?
-The main bully starts the hunt after the North Korean soldier kills his chubby best friend.
16. Why does Oh Jung Beom get mad at the main bully?
-Oh Jung Beom commanded the main bully to not shoot a little boy, who was communist, but the main bully did anyways.
17. What does the main bully do right after he gets back home from the battlefield?
-The main bully digs up a cemetery burial for his chubby best friend.
18. Why do the High Comrade official of the North Korean army and the High Comrade official of the south Korean army meet in the tenet after the battle?
-The North Korean official has a South Korean soldier under hostage.
19. What does the North Korean official do with the South Korean soldier who he has under hostage?
-The North Korean official returns him back to his naval base.
20. What does the North Korean official tell Oh Jung Beom?
-The North Korean officials tells Oh Jung Beom that the communists will attack the naval back in 2 hours, at 12 o'clock. He also informs Jung Beom that if he replaces the South Korean flag with a white flag, symbolizing surrender, the North Korean army will not attack.
21. Why does the Bully beat up the South Korean soldier who was held hostage?
-The bully beats up the South Korean soldier because the Bully thinks that the South Korean soldier is a traitor.
22. What is significant about the South Korean soldier with glasses?
-The South Korean soldier with glasses is the brains of the army. He is radio operator and aid to Oh Jung Beom.
23. Instead of surrendering, what do the South Korean soldiers do at 12:00?
-The South Korean soldiers go on a hunt to find more weapons, and they prepare a cannonball to shoot on the North Korean soldiers..
24. What brand watch does the North Korean High Official wear?
-Rolex watch
25. Why does the Bully and Oh Jung Beom cry after the battle?
-the Bully and Oh Jung Beom become friends because they both realize how brave they were to transform from kids into student soldiers.
26. During the conversation after the battle, what does the Bully confess to Oh Jung Beom?
-The Bully confesses that he was never smart in school and that he is jealous of Oh Jung Beom's intelligence.
27. How does the Bully die?
-The Bully is shot by the High Comrade official of North Korea. The Last thing that the Bully was trying to do was kill the North Korean High Official with the knife that he was killed with.
28. Who witnesses the death of the Bully?
-Oh Jung Beom.
29. How does the movie end? What is so important about the last scene?
-The movie ends with the student soldiers in their casual clothes taking a picture. The picture replicates the one that resembles the picture from the actual Korean war.
30. What two soldiers die at the same time shooting one another?
-Oh Jung Beom and the High Comrade official of North Korea.