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Swing Kids

The story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War.

Director

Kang Hyoung-chul

Year

Genre

drama, musical, war

Box Office

$222,001

Production

N/A

Awards

7 wins & 14 nominations

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Please note that this news is
made based on strict fairness - Swing Kids

Please note that this news is made based on strict fairness

June 25th, 1950. - Swing Kids

June 25th, 1950.

PRISONERS OF WAR BULLETIN
Violent Riots in Korea POW Camp - Swing Kids

PRISONERS OF WAR BULLETIN Violent Riots in Korea POW Camp

Sir, I've been in these parts
for a good year now and - Swing Kids

Sir, I've been in these parts for a good year now and

You were explaining the importance
of the second half, Sir! - Swing Kids

You were explaining the importance of the second half, Sir!

Victory in the second half is a game of numbers.
Couple of bad seeds, we whip 'em into shape. - Swing Kids

Victory in the second half is a game of numbers. Couple of b...

When you run out the entire herd,
gotta lure 'em in with something. - Swing Kids

When you run out the entire herd, gotta lure 'em in wit...

Get 'em addicted to that
sweet taste of freedom. - Swing Kids

Get 'em addicted to that sweet taste of freedom.

SWING KIDS - Swing Kids

ROH Ki-soo! ROH Ki-soo! - Swing Kids

ROH Ki-soo! ROH Ki-soo!

When you're polished like me,
the yankees won't slight you. - Swing Kids

When you're polished like me, the yankees won't sl...

He's luring the weak
fools to seek capitalism. - Swing Kids

He's luring the weak fools to seek capitalism.

He's ROH Ki-soo!
Our hero ROH Ki-jin's brother! - Swing Kids

He's ROH Ki-soo! Our hero ROH Ki-jin's brother!

I gotta vent it out like that. - Swing Kids

I gotta vent it out like that.

Yankees call it getting rid of s...
style. - Swing Kids

Yankees call it getting rid of s... style.

Hey, you! You fucking - Swing Kids

Hey, you! You fucking

Stinky little bastards... - Swing Kids

Stinky little bastards...

Thank you? You fuckin' ass! Prick! - Swing Kids

Thank you? You fuckin' ass! Prick!

So your cheeks got chubbier
because of this yankee shit? - Swing Kids

So your cheeks got chubbier because of this yankee shit?

I'm not addicted to yankee
shit, but destroying it. - Swing Kids

I'm not addicted to yankee shit, but destroying it.

We steal the enemy's goods
to build our strength. - Swing Kids

We steal the enemy's goods to build our strength.

The yankees call that tap dance. - Swing Kids

The yankees call that tap dance.

I it wasn't for the war, you'd
be dancing before our Leader. - Swing Kids

I it wasn't for the war, you'd be dancing before o...

Watch and follow us
carefully on your first day. - Swing Kids

Watch and follow us carefully on your first day.

We use English names here.
How about Candy? - Swing Kids

We use English names here. How about Candy?

Baby, we're on fire! - Swing Kids

Baby, we're on fire!

Woo-hoo! Yeah! - Swing Kids

Little shame I missed it, though. Seems
my invitation got lost in the mail. - Swing Kids

Little shame I missed it, though. Seems my invitation got lo...

See, I understand you used to be a
dancer on Broadway before enlisting. - Swing Kids

See, I understand you used to be a dancer on Broadway before...

How's about putting together a little dance
team here? With some of these prisoners. - Swing Kids

How's about putting together a little dance team here? ...

Call me these POWs, Dance
to the Dance the Free World. - Swing Kids

Call me these POWs, Dance to the Dance the Free World.

That's an awfully kind of
statement coming from you, son. - Swing Kids

That's an awfully kind of statement coming from you, so...

I understand you got a kid back in Okinawa.
When the Japanese go, - Swing Kids

I understand you got a kid back in Okinawa. When the Japanes...

Once I get transferred back to Japan,
I'll formally marry her. - Swing Kids

Once I get transferred back to Japan, I'll formally mar...

You're just one pick of shoulder to being
dropped to Corporal and shipped back home. - Swing Kids

You're just one pick of shoulder to being dropped to Co...

If I were you, son, I'd be out there digging
haystacks for my ticket back to Okinawa. - Swing Kids

If I were you, son, I'd be out there digging haystacks ...

With dollies, unauthorized dance
parties, trading with the... domestics. - Swing Kids

With dollies, unauthorized dance parties, trading with the.....

Just put a fun little show that will
grace all the front page headlines. - Swing Kids

Just put a fun little show that will grace all the front pag...

You, you, and you... - Swing Kids

You, you, and you...

I know I am number one beautiful girl.
Long time no see. - Swing Kids

I know I am number one beautiful girl. Long time no see.

- Duck!
- Get down! - Swing Kids

- Duck! - Get down!

He's Chinese, I think he
wants to show you dance. - Swing Kids

He's Chinese, I think he wants to show you dance.

I lived in Manju so I
can speak Chinese, too. - Swing Kids

I lived in Manju so I can speak Chinese, too.

It's 4 dollar because I can speak 4 languages
but I give you special discount, 2 dollar - Swing Kids

It's 4 dollar because I can speak 4 languages but I giv...

He says heart... maybe
he has sickness... - Swing Kids

He says heart... maybe he has sickness...

I need rest. I'm okay. - Swing Kids

I need rest. I'm okay.

Why did only Ki-soo get
placed to work there? - Swing Kids

Why did only Ki-soo get placed to work there?

Comrade Ki-soo totally destroyed
the yankee dance club alone! - Swing Kids

Comrade Ki-soo totally destroyed the yankee dance club alone...

ROH Ki-jin in the frontlines
and ROH Ki-soo in this camp! - Swing Kids

ROH Ki-jin in the frontlines and ROH Ki-soo in this camp!

So they're making him fix
the hall all by himself? - Swing Kids

So they're making him fix the hall all by himself?

Damn yankees always
want to give and take. - Swing Kids

Damn yankees always want to give and take.

The black man in charge there
asked for Comrade Ki-soo. - Swing Kids

The black man in charge there asked for Comrade Ki-soo.

How can our hero follow
a black man's orders? - Swing Kids

How can our hero follow a black man's orders?

Damn westerners are all wicked.
Be careful. - Swing Kids

Damn westerners are all wicked. Be careful.

Real soldiers aren't
afraid of the enemy camp. - Swing Kids

Real soldiers aren't afraid of the enemy camp.

I can pound him down
like a hammer any day. - Swing Kids

I can pound him down like a hammer any day.

Comrade Ki-soo! Watch me. - Swing Kids

Comrade Ki-soo! Watch me.

I made a new dance. Watch me, please? - Swing Kids

I made a new dance. Watch me, please?

Things will be good. And
they're gonna go well... - Swing Kids

Things will be good. And they're gonna go well...

You, you be famous, you go to Japan,
America, and finally get out of... - Swing Kids

You, you be famous, you go to Japan, America, and finally ge...

A wicked, black yankee, - Swing Kids

A wicked, black yankee,

You come to our country
and trample all over it. - Swing Kids

You come to our country and trample all over it.

Then you take some weak fools
and teach 'em to be yankees? - Swing Kids

Then you take some weak fools and teach 'em to be yanke...

I'll show you how
strong our Republic is! - Swing Kids

I'll show you how strong our Republic is!

You don't dance to make money.
You just do it. - Swing Kids

You don't dance to make money. You just do it.

Why ask why? You just dance if you can. - Swing Kids

Why ask why? You just dance if you can.

Too bad about your weak heart.
You breathe heavily. - Swing Kids

Too bad about your weak heart. You breathe heavily.

Right foot first, then left. - Swing Kids

Right foot first, then left.

Step. Tap, tap, tap. That's it. - Swing Kids

Step. Tap, tap, tap. That's it.

Long Live the Republic! - Swing Kids

Long Live the Republic!

Away with America! Unify Korea - Swing Kids

Away with America! Unify Korea

A man keeps his promise even
with a knife to his throat! - Swing Kids

A man keeps his promise even with a knife to his throat!

Today, no size. One shoes. - Swing Kids

Today, no size. One shoes.

Next time, you position, me position.
Time same, same. You okay? - Swing Kids

Next time, you position, me position. Time same, same. You o...

Don't kill me! It hurts! - Swing Kids

Don't kill me! It hurts!

Sucking up to yankees...
Call that a life? - Swing Kids

Sucking up to yankees... Call that a life?

I just got on the wrong truck
and ended up down here. - Swing Kids

I just got on the wrong truck and ended up down here.

No need for names at a POW camp.
You're a traitor or not. - Swing Kids

No need for names at a POW camp. You're a traitor or no...

Jackson said Communism or
Capitalism don't matter here. - Swing Kids

Jackson said Communism or Capitalism don't matter here.

Stop sneaking glances at me. - Swing Kids

Stop sneaking glances at me.

You don't stand a chance
against our Republic's beauties. - Swing Kids

You don't stand a chance against our Republic's be...

A beautiful woman has
an egg-shaped, white face. - Swing Kids

A beautiful woman has an egg-shaped, white face.

Half-moon shaped eyes, - Swing Kids

Half-moon shaped eyes,

It's nothing out of the ordinary
about a man losing his leg in war. - Swing Kids

It's nothing out of the ordinary about a man losing his...

He's not a commie, Corporal.
He's a part of my team. - Swing Kids

He's not a commie, Corporal. He's a part of my tea...

And since when do we start
taking orders from niggers? - Swing Kids

And since when do we start taking orders from niggers?

And Negroes orders orders too. - Swing Kids

And Negroes orders orders too.

Did you eat? - Swing Kids

Yankee reporters are here.
We should do something. - Swing Kids

Yankee reporters are here. We should do something.

Looks like all that chocolate got
you dancing like a damn yankee! - Swing Kids

Looks like all that chocolate got you dancing like a damn ya...

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The story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kang Hyoung-chul

Writer: Kang Hyoung-chul, Woo-Sung Jang

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, musical, war

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $222,001

Released: 21 Dec 2018

Awards: 7 wins & 14 nominations

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