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Joint Security Area is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Park Chan-wook released in USA on 9 september 2000 with Lee Young-ae
Joint Security Area (2000)
공동경비구역 JSA
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Add to a movie listJoint Security Area (Korean: 공동경비구역 JSA) is a 2000 South Korean mystery thriller film starring Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho. It was directed by Park Chan-wook and is based on the novel DMZ by Park Sang-yeon. The film, which was shot on location in South Korea, concerns an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a fatal shooting incident within the DMZ, the heavily fortified border that separates North and South Korea.
It was the highest grossing film in Korean film history at the time and won Best Film at the 2000 Blue Dragon Film Awards and the 2001 Grand Bell Awards.
Synopsis
The film begins when two North Korean soldiers are killed in the DMZ at a North Korean border house, before Sergeant Lee Soo-hyeok (Lee Byung-hun), a South Korean soldier on border duties, attempts to flee back to the South Korean side. The southern troops rescue him while the gunfire erupts and, two days later, the fragile relationship between the two Koreas now relies on a special investigation conducted by Swiss Army Major Sophie E. Jean (Lee Young-ae) on behalf of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission.Actors
Lee Young-ae
(Maj. Sophie E. Jean)
Lee Byung-hun
(Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk)
Song Kang-ho
(Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil)
Kim Tae-woo
(Pvt. Nam Sung-shik)
Shin Ha-kyun
(Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin)
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