My Way

Director: Kang Je-gyu
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Year: 2011
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean Language, Japanese Language, German Language, Russian Language, English Language
Starring: Jang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri, Fan Bing-Bing

My Way (Hangul: 마이 웨이; RR: Mai Wei) formerly known as D-Day, is a war film by Kang Je-gyu which stars Jang Dong-gun along with Japanese actor Joe Odagiri and Chinese actress Fan Bingbing. This film is inspired by the true story.

In colonial era Seoul, 1938, two young men have had a strong sense of rivalry since they were young. Joon-sik (Jang Dong-gun) is a Korean man who dreams of following in the footsteps of Olympic marathon gold medal winner Sohn Kee-chung. Tatsuo (Joe Odagiri) is a top Japanese marathon runner and lived with Joon-sik as his family worked for Tatsuo's as servants. They grew up as rivals representing their respective countries.

One day, Joon-sik falls into trouble and is conscripted into the Japanese army. One year later, Joon-sik faces Tatsuo who is now a captain for the Japanese Imperial Army. The two young men are now caught in World War II and go through countless battles starting from Nomonhan, stretching from China, the Soviet Union and Germany, while inspiring hope in each other.

This is the first film Kang Je-gyu directed after taking a 7 year hiatus. During the press conference at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, Kang revealed that he first

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