White Badge

White Badge
Hangul
하얀전쟁
Hanja
하얀戰爭
RRHayanjeonjaeng
MRHayanjŏnjaeng
Directed byChung Ji-young
Written byGong Su-young
Chung Ji-young
Jo Young-chel
Shim Seung-bo
Based onWhite Badge: A Novel of Korea
by Ahn Jung-hyo
Produced byChong Nam-gook
StarringAhn Sung-ki
Lee Geung-young
Shim Hye-jin
CinematographyYoo Yong-kil
Edited byPark Soon-deok
Music byShin Bung-ha
Distributed byVanguard Cinema (North America)
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

White Badge (Korean하얀전쟁) is a 1992 South Korean war film directed by Chung Ji-young based on the book White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo. It was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, receiving the Grand Prix award in the fifth Tokyo International Film Festival.

It depicts the experience of South Korean soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War alongside American troops. White Badge follows the path of two South Korean soldiers as they struggle to deal with their experiences in the Vietnam War.