Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This list includes actors of Vietnamese descent or nationality that have appeared in a full-length feature film or a television series broadcast on a national network. Although it includes some actors that have performed in films produced in Vietnam, it is not a comprehensive list of all Vietnamese actors who have performed in Vietnamese movies.
Four major military campaigns were launched by the Mongol Empire, and later the Yuan dynasty, against the kingdom of Đại Việt (modern-day northern Vietnam) ruled by the Trần dynasty and the kingdom of Champa (modern-day central Vietnam) in 1258, 1282–1284, 1285, and 1287–1288.
Some characters are Vietnam War veterans. 2009 US X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Gavin Hood: The main character is a Vietnam War veteran. 2014 South Korea Obsessed: Kim Dae-woo Erotic romance film written and directed by Kim Dae-woo, about a couple having a passionate affair in a military camp under tight surveillance in 1969. 2017 US Last Flag Flying
The website's consensus reads: "The war cliches are laid on a bit thick, but the movie succeeds at putting a human face on soldiers of both sides in the Vietnam War." [6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [7]
The cinema of Vietnam originates in the 1920s and was largely influenced by wars that have been fought in the country from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some proclaimed Vietnamese language -films include Cyclo , The Scent of Green Papaya and Vertical Ray of the Sun , all by Tran Anh Hung , challenged the war-torn depiction of Vietnam at the time. [ 5 ]
Based on Stone's own wartime experiences in Vietnam, Platoon stars Dafoe as Sgt. Elias, whose level-headed manner distinguishes him from his violence-prone fellow officer, Staff Sgt. Barnes (Tom ...
Changes required to meet military needs were fulfilled by occasional or part-time service. When the nation was under threat of invasion, however, the emperor was able to call on all of the available manpower. [12] [13] In 1284, the Trần dynasty forces consisted of 200,000 soldiers in anticipation of a Mongol invasion. [5]
The Iron Triangle is a 1989 film about the Vietnam War shot in Sri Lanka [1] and directed by Eric Weston.. The story is based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong Soldier. This unique fact gives the movie a different perspective than many of the other movies about the Vietnam war and makes black and white distinctions about who were the "good guys" and "bad guys" a little more complicated.