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My Way

2011 · 137 min · Director: Kang Je-kyu ★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,612 ratings

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Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.

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My Way (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Empathy 25%, Nostalgia 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Nostalgia. Genres: Drama, Action, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Nostalgia. Its IMDb rating of 7.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 73 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope48 %33 %27 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension56 %44 %36 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Hope63 %49 %43 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Anger70 %57 %53 %36 %
22.5 %≈ 31′Tension73 %65 %56 %45 %
27.5 %≈ 38′Tension71 %68 %54 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 45′Anger76 %74 %61 %46 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Tension81 %80 %66 %51 %
42.5 %≈ 58′Tension81 %81 %63 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 65′Tension76 %74 %61 %51 %
52.5 %≈ 72′Sadness75 %70 %65 %57 %
57.5 %≈ 79′Tension83 %76 %73 %69 %
62.5 %≈ 86′Sadness85 %78 %71 %68 %
67.5 %≈ 92′Tension84 %78 %65 %61 %
72.5 %≈ 99′Sadness86 %80 %73 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 106′Empathy79 %68 %73 %54 %
82.5 %≈ 113′Hope68 %51 %64 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 120′Empathy73 %61 %64 %35 %
92.5 %≈ 127′Tension86 %76 %71 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 134′Sadness93 %73 %83 %72 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Joe Odagiri

Tatsuo Hasegawa

Fan Bingbing

Shirai

Kim In-kwon

Jong-dae

LY
Lee Yeon-hee

Eun-soo

Kim Hie-won

Choon-bok

OT
Oh Tae-kyung

Kwang-choon

KJ
Kwak Jung-wook

Min-woo

KS
Kim Si-hoo

Tsukamoto

Cheon Ho-jin

Jun-shik's Father

TY
Tarô Yamamoto

Noda

MH
Manabu Hamada

Mukai

ST
Shingo Tsurumi

Takakura

IN
Isao Natsuyagi

Tatsuo's Grandfather

SS
Shiro Sano

Tatsuo's Father

KN
Kumi Nakamura

Tatsuo's Mother

KI
Kim In-woo

Yamada

DJ
Do Ji-han

Teenage Jun-shik

YK
Yūkichi Kobayashi

Teenage Tatsuo

GJ
Go Ju-yeon

Teenage Eun-soo

Details

Directed by
Kang Je-kyu
Written by
Kang Je-kyu, Justin Byung-in Kim, Na-hyun Kim, Kim Byung-In, Na Hyun
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
137 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Drama, Action, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.6 · 13,612 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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