The film became one of the biggest successes in Korean film history up to that time, attracting 11. 74 million people to the theatre, beating the previous record holder Silmido.

Silmido was well received by audiences in South Korea, where it was viewed by over 6 million people in its first 26 days, taking in over US $ 30 million in South Korea during this time alone.

It was later passed by the films Friend, Silmido and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War.

While it was eventually outgained by Silmido, which was released in the same year, most of Silmidos audience did not see it until 2004.

The recruits are taken to the island of Silmido for training.

The court found that " the Silmido agents were not informed of the level of danger involved with their training, and the harshness of the training violated their basic human rights " and also acknowledged the emotional pain the government caused by not officially disclosing the agents ’ deaths to family members until 2006.

Silmido would go on to become the first film to have a box office audience of over 10 million in South Korea, and held the record for the most viewed film in theatres until the release of Taegukgi in 2004, which received 11. 74 million viewings.

Brigadier general Nam Dae Yeon said that the 31 Silmido recruits who made up Unit 684 were part of an air force squadron.

Silmido is well-known today as the principal setting of the 2003 film of the same name, which is based on the true story of Unit 684.

Major islands of the sea include Anmado, Baengnyeong, Daebu, Deokjeokdo, Gageodo, Ganghwa, Hauido, Heuksando, Hongdo, Jeju-do, Jindo, Muuido, Sido, Silmido, Sindo, Wando, Yeongjong and Yeonpyeong ( all in South Korea ).

Silmido is a 2003 South Korean film, directed by Kang Woo-suk.

Silmido, an island of South Korea off the coast of Incheon.

Silmido is an uninhabited island in the Yellow Sea, off the west coast of South Korea.

Silmido, an island of South Korea off the coast of Incheon.

* Silmido: The Korean Movie Database

* Silmido: The Korean Website

* Preview of " Silmido ": Blowback on the Korean Peninsula by Minnie Chi

The recruits return to Silmido discouraged and frustrated.

Map of the Incheon coastal area showing the location of Silmido.

Six guards survived the Silmido uprising.

Silmido would also gross US $ 4, 540, 528 in Japan, as well as US $ 298, 347 from its limited release in the United States.

Silmido lies just offshore of the larger, inhabited island of Muuido, which is connected to the mainland by ferry.

Silmido, measuring long and wide.

Cropped from: Image: Silmido map nasa world wind. jpg ; original created from NASA World Wind.

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