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Movie: National Security (English title) / Namyeong-dong 1985 (literal title)
Revised romanization: Namyeongdong1985
Hangul: 남영동1985
Director: Chung Ji-Young
Assistant Director: Chung Sang-Hyup
Writer: Lee Dae-Il, Chung Sang-Hyup, Kang Min-Hee, Chung Ji-Young, Kim Keun-Tae (novel)
Producer: Kim Ji-Yeon
Cinematographer: Seo Min-Soo
World Premiere: October 6, 2012 (Busan International Film Festival)
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Based on True Story / Period-1980
Production Company: Aura Pictures
Distributor: Cinus Entertainment, At9 Film
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

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Kim Jong-Tae (Park Won-Sang) is an ex-advisor to the Democratic United Party. When he was younger, he was a leader for the democracy movement during Korea's autocratic rule. In September of 1985, Kim Jong-Tae is kidnapped and dragged to an anticommunist investigative room. The investigation room is located in the Headquarters for the National Police, located in Namyeong-dong, Seoul. For the next 22 days, he is tortured by Lee Doo-Han (Lee Kyoung-Young).

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Park Won-Sang	Lee Kyoung-Young	Dong Bang-Woo	Kim Eui-Sung
Kim Jong-Tae	Lee Doo-Han	Park Jeon-Moo	Section Chief Kang



Seo Dong-Soo	Lee Chun-Hee	Moon Sung-Geun	Woo Hee-Jin
Deputy Chief Baek	Deputy Chief Kim	President Yoon	Kim Jong-Tae's wife

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Joong-Ki - Deputy Chief Lee
Han Seung-Do - Secretary Park
Bae Yong-Geun - Secretary Yang
Kwon Byung-Gil - Secretary 1
Oh Ji-Hye - Secretary 2
Kang In-Hyeong - army doctor
Park Sung-Geun - detective 1
Lee Yo-Sung - prison guard

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2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012 - Gala Presentation *World Premiere
2013 (48th) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - June 28-July 6, 2013 - Horizons
2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *Italian Premiere
2013 (37th) Montreal World Film Festival - August 22-September 2, 2013 - Korean Cinema of Today
2013 (46th) Sitges Film Festival - October 11-20, 2013 - Noves Visions - Ficció

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gasenadi Dec 28 2014 11:45 am "Dedicated to torture victims around the world." An excellent film for exposing the fallacy of extracting anything of value for "national security" through torture. I'm still reeling from the implications of this movie, especially on the heels of the Senate Torture Report in the US. Brilliant character portrayals of all involved - surreal how the prison staff partook of everyday activities while torture was taking place. Another Korean coup.

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