Joint Security Area
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- Movie: Joint Security Area
- Revised romanization: Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA
- Hangul: 공동경비구역 JSA
- Director: Park Chan-Wook
- Writer: Jeong Seong-San, Kim Hyeon-Seok, Park Sang-Yeon (novel)
- Producer: Seok Dong-Jun
- Cinematographer Kim Sung-Bok
- Release Date: September 9, 2000 (South Korea)
- Runtime: 110 min.
- Production Budget: $3M
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Nothing is more symbolic of the division of Korea into two countries as the ‘Bridge of No Return’ in Panmunjom, the demilitarized zone on the border between the two states. One day, a border guard is killed by a rifle bullet; the suspected marksman is a South Korean soldier, who is found wounded in the middle of no-man’s-land. This incident will have grave repercussions. Both North and South Korea regard the incident as an act of deliberate provocation. The North accuses the South of having committed a ‘terrorist attack’, whilst South Korea suspects the North of having attempted an ‘abduction’. Both sides appeal to the authorities of the neutral states (NNSC)for help and ask them to investigate the affair.
A female Swiss army captain of Korean descent is then sent to Panmunjom to investigate the death of the North Korean border guard, apparently shot in the line of duty by a South Korean guard. At first, neither army officers from the South nor communist officials from the North will cooperate - until it is obvious to all that the truth must come out to defuse a potentially explosive international incident.
Notes
- Based on Park Sang-Yeon's novel "DMZ".
Cast
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| Lee Byung-Hun | Song Kang-Ho | Shin Ha-Kyun | Lee Yeong-Ae | Kim Tae-Woo |
| Sgt. Lee Soo-hyeok | Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil | Jeong Woo-jin | Maj. Sophie E. Jean | Nam Sung-shik |
Additional Cast Members:
- Gi Ju-Bong - General Pyo
- Lee Han-Wi - Major Kang
- Lee Dae-Yeon - Sgt. Hwang
- Kim Myeong-Su
- Kim Tae-Hyeon
- Kim Kwang-Il
- Christoph Hofrichter - Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta
- Herbert Ulrich - Swedish soldier
- Kim Tan-Hyun - South Korean military
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Film Festivals
- 2011 (2nd) Korean Film Festival in Australia - August 24-29, 2011
Awards
- "Best Foreign Film" - 2001 (44th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 8, 2002
iliekater Says:
Jan 08 2012 6:44 pm
Very few movies can be compared to this one . It's an excellent movie .