Silmido
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- Movie: Silmido
- Revised romanization: Silmido
- Hangul: 실미도
- Director: Kang Woo-Suk
- Writer: Kim Hee-Jae
- Producer: Kang Woo-Suk, Jonathan Kim
- Cinematography: Kim Sung-Bok
- Release Date: December 24, 2003
- Runtime: 135 min.
- Production Company: Cinema Service
- Distributor: Cinema Service
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
January 1968, 31 members of North Korean Special Unit 124 infiltrated South Korea with the ultimate mission of attacking the Blue House (Presidential Palace in Korea) and assassinating President PARK Chung-hee. When KIM Shin-jo, the only member who was captured alive, was asked "What was the purpose of infiltration?" on a live TV program, he shouted "I came to slit the throat of President PARK Chung-hee!" and made the whole country's blood run cold.
At the same time, In-chan escapes the death penalty for being an accessory to a crime when he accepts an unexpected proposal from Jae-hyun, a general at Silmido H.I.D. Project and is transported to Silmido Special Unit. Silmido Special Unit is a unit composed of dysfunctional social outcasts and criminals under the death or life sentences. Sang-pil and Won-hee are also among the members of this unit. When they arrive at the island, Jae-hyun gives them the classified national duty, which is to explode the North Korean presidential palace and behead KIM Il-sung, the North Korean president. It is a retaliatory project.
To its all 31 members, it is the ultimate patriotic mission with pride and loyalty; and it is the only chance they have to start a new life that is promised once the mission is successfully accomplished. With their hopes and promising vision, they survive through the most hellish inhumane 'killing' training and are reborn as human armories. They are the human killing machines, with strong comradeship and respect for each other.
Finally, the day arrives and they receive an order from the head office to carry out the mission. With their supreme confidence, they depart for the North. However, the project is suddenly revoked and they return to Silmido with much discouragement and stress. After then, the hellish training continues but, there is no more mission. The psychological frustration and physical tolerance start to reach their limits. And soon, the members start to lose their focus and unity. In order to regain complete control of the unit, the head office performs public executions of its own members. Meanwhile in 1970, with growing nationwide peacemaking movement between the North and the South, the government quickly decides to demolish Silmido Special Unit and executes all its members...
Notes
- Based on the true story of Unit 684, a unit created in April 1968 to retaliate against North Korea following the North’s attempt to assassinate President Park Chung-hee in Seoul on January 21, 1968. The men recruited for the special unit were outcasts, ex-convicts and prisoners on death row, chosen by the South Korean government to extract vengeance by murdering the North Korean leader, Kim Il Sung. The main incentive for the thirty one ex-criminals was to wipe their criminals records clean and start a brand new life as promised by the government. On August 23, 1971 twenty three men headed to the presidential office of Cheong Wae Dae to revolt against their own president, Park Chung-hee. The government declared a state of emergency as the armed men seized buses and rampaged their way through police blockades, killing a police officer and an innocent young bystander.
- Filming locations include Kangwon Province, Busan, Incheon, Silmido, Jeju Island, Buan and Paju & Malta, New Zealand.
- Scenes filmed in New Zealand were for the snowbound training grounds in Silmido.
Cast
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| Sol Kyung-Gu | Ahn Sung-Ki | Heo Jun-Ho | Jung Jae-Young | Lim Won-Hie |
| Kang In-chan | Choi Jae-hyun | Sergeant Jo | Han Seung-pil | Won-Hee |
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| Kang Shin-Il | Kang Sung-Jin | Kim Kang-Woo | Uhm Tae-Woong | Lee Jeong-Heon |
| Keun-jae | Chan-suk | Min-ho | Won-sang | Sergeant Park |
Additional Cast Members:
- Jung Yoo-Mi
- Lee Hyo-Jeong
- Song Yong-Tae
- Jo Ji-Hwan
- Kim Won-Suk
- No Jun-Ho
- Kim Hyeong-Jong
- Bang Kil-Seung - det. in the prologue
- Kang Do-Han - Do-Han
- Jeon Sang-Jin - North Korean soldier invaded South Korea
- Kim Ki-Hwan - Ki-Hwan
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롸이언 Says:
Apr 23 2011 10:32 pm
Very good movie, I recommend watching this movie!
Hyung Son Says:
Mar 30 2010 1:24 pm
O MY GOSH!!!!! THIS MOVIE WAS SO CRAYJEE! HOW IS THIS SH!T REAL? GAAAAAHHHHH
Bryan Says:
Mar 30 2010 1:19 pm
YO, This movie WAS CURAZY! CURAZY LIKE P KINDLE IN CIRCLE!
iliekater Says:
Jun 28 2009 5:24 pm
Very good movie . It is impressive the Koreans went on and created this film . It shows how cruel goverments may be in order to hide their own faults .