Joint Security Area (2001)

  • 16
  • 02/12/2001 (DE)
  • War, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
  • 1h 48m

Eight shots! The truth is there.

Overview

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

Park Chan-wook

Director, Screenplay

Jeong Seong-san

Screenplay

Kim Hyun-seok

Screenplay

Lee Mu-yeong

Screenplay

Sang-yeon Park

Novel

Cast

Lee Young-ae's headshot

Lee Young-ae

Maj. Sophie E. Jean
Lee Byung-hun's headshot

Lee Byung-hun

Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
Song Kang-ho's headshot

Song Kang-ho

Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Kim Tae-woo's headshot

Kim Tae-woo

Pvt. Nam Sung-shik
Shin Ha-kyun's headshot

Shin Ha-kyun

Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
Herbert Ulrich's headshot

Herbert Ulrich

Capt. Persson
Christoph Hofrichter's headshot

Christoph Hofrichter

Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta
Lee Han-wi's headshot

Lee Han-wi

Major Kang

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