Embrace of the Serpent vs Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.7/10 for Embrace of the Serpent). Embrace of the Serpent is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 28m. Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War is the older of the two (2004 against 2015). Both are adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Embrace of the Serpent posterEmbrace of the Serpent2015 VS Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War posterTae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War2004
Embrace of the SerpentTae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 8.0/10
Year20152004
Length2h 5m2h 28m
GenresAdventure, DramaAction, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country–South Korea
DirectorCiro GuerraKang Je-kyu
Main castJan Bijvoet, Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis, Yauenkü MigueeJang Dong-gun, An Kil-kang, Lee Eun-ju, Cho Won-hee, Jo Yoon-hee

Synopsis

Embrace of the Serpent

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

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