the marines who never returned

The director of the movie, the marines who never returned, takes a humanistic approach in depicting the marine soldiers who fought at the war against the Chinese by displaying their instinct and friendship amidst the disastrous battlefield.

The depiction of the destructive battles of the 6.25 war(Korean War) is first shown in the poster of the movie where all the soldiers’ facial expressions seem to be nervous and in an unstable state. As seen from the movie, the war resulted in massive dislocation and societal damage.

These successive wars led to overall infrastructure destruction, displacement of citizens, high casualties and suffering, as well as economic and social disintegration. In order to address these large-scale dislocation issues and social trauma, numerous movies were filmed not only during the post-war period, but also continued for several decades following, depicting the dislocated lives of the Korean people. Counter to the Korean film industry’s expected disappearance of during this period of post-war trauma, directors became eager to capture the horrendous economic, social, and political traumas of the time, resulting in startling cultural productivity. Even with mere black and white display, the emotional appeal with the directors realism humanistic approach, shows the descriptive and meticulous individual character depiction. Each the characters’ individual stories show the victory in the war only made them realize the cruelty of the war and the dying of their comrades(among 42 soldiers only two survive..), and unstable psychic interiority.