White Badge
| White Badge | |
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| Hangul | 하얀전쟁 |
| Hanja | 하얀戰爭 |
| RR | Hayanjeonjaeng |
| MR | Hayanjŏnjaeng |
| Directed by | Chung Ji-young |
| Written by | Gong Su-young Chung Ji-young Jo Young-chel Shim Seung-bo |
| Based on | White Badge: A Novel of Korea by Ahn Jung-hyo |
| Produced by | Chong Nam-gook |
| Starring | Ahn Sung-ki Lee Geung-young Shim Hye-jin |
| Cinematography | Yoo Yong-kil |
| Edited by | Park Soon-deok |
| Music by | Shin Bung-ha |
| Distributed by | Vanguard Cinema (North America) |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
White Badge (Korean: 하얀전쟁) 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.