Field of Honor (1986 film)

Field of Honor
Part of movie poster
Directed by	Kim Dae-hie Hans Scheepmaker
Produced by	Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan, Hyeon-suk Han
Written by	Henk Bos Kim Dae-hie
Starring	Everett McGill Ron Brandsteder Bart Römer
Music by	Roy Budd
Cinematography	Hein Groot Eung-Hwi Heo
Edited by	Victorine Habets
Distributed by	Cannon Films
Release dates	26 September 1986 (South-Korea) 19 March 1987 (Netherlands)
Running time	110 min
Country	Netherlands South Korea
Language	English Korean

Field of Honor (Dutch: Het veld van eer) is a 1986 Dutch/South Korean war film set during the Korean war, directed by Kim Dae-hie and Hans Scheepmaker.

Plot summary

After an attack by Chinese troops a Dutch sergeant (whose troops committed atrocities against the local population) finds himself alone in the field. He meets a young Korean woman who tries to save her little brother who is shell shocked. This changes the sergeant's outlook on the war.

Cast

• Everett McGill – Sergeant 'Sire' De Koning
• Ron Brandsteder – Tiny
• Bart Römer – Lieutenant
• Anis de Jong – Taihutu (as Annies De Jong)
• Lee Hye-young – Sun Yi (as Hey Young Lee)
• Kim Dong-hyeon – Applesan (as Dong Hyum Kim)
• Min Yu – Kim
• Mark Van Eeghem – Brammetje
• Frank Schaafsma – Wiel
• Guus van der Made – Leen
• Choi Jae-ho – Chinese Medic (as Jae Ho Choi)
• Mike Mooney – Journalist
• Jon Bluming – Platoon Sergeant
• Fritz Homann – Truck Driver
• David Hartung – Radioman

Reception

The film got a negative review in the Dutch communist newspaper De Waarheid.

External links

• Field of Honor at IMDb
• Movie trailer of Field of Honor