Kapyong

Kapyong (2011)

The Forgotten Battle of the Forgotten War

  • Genre: War, Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2011-04-28
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Screen Australia
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Director: Dennis K. Smith

Summary

On April 24, 1951, following a rout of the South Korean army, the Chinese People Volunteer Army pursued their enemy to the lines of Australian and Canadian troops still digging fall-back defences, 39 kilometres to the rear. Here, sometimes at the length of a bayonet, often in total darkness, individual was pitted against individual in a struggle between a superpower and a cluster of other nations from across the world. They fought for a valley, the ancient and traditional invasion route to Seoul. If it fell the southern capital and the war, was lost. The United Nations troops had the military advantage of the high ground and artillery support: the Chinese relied entirely on vastly superior numbers. As a result, young men from both sides found a battle which was very close and very personal. The Battle of Kapyong became the turning point of China's Fifth Offensive in that Korea spring... Written by John Lewis

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  • John Waters

    as Narrator
  • Cory Corbett

    as Canadian Lieutenant
  • Yuki Nagashima

    as Chinese Soldier
  • Steven Carroll

    as Napalm victim
  • Rick Tonna

    as Soldier
  • Alex Borg

    as Ben O'Dowd
  • Will Ward-Ambler

    as Mike Levy
Directing Dennis K. Smith Director
Writing Dennis K. Smith Writer
Camera Marcus Dineen Director of Photography
Editing Uri Mizrahi Editor
Directing James Short First Assistant Director
Camera Tim Mummery Second Unit Director of Photography
Art Neil Angwin Production Design
Art Tim Burgin Art Direction
Production Lavinia Riachi Production Manager
Directing Hugh Sexton Second Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Selena Pertzel Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Larry Van Duynhoven Special Effects Makeup Artist
Crew Chris Peters Stunt Coordinator
Sound Craig Carter Dialogue Editor
Sound Andrew McGrath Sound Mixer
Sound Frank Lipson Sound Editor

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