Movie
Silmido
Overview
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-12-24
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Hanmac Films, Cinema Service
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Sul Kyung-gu as Kang In-chan
- Ahn Sung-ki as Jae-hyun
- Huh Joon-ho as Sergeant Jo
- Jung Jae-young as Sang-pil
- Im Won-hee as Won-hee
- Kang Shin-il as Geun-jae
- Kang Seong-jin as Chan-seok
- Lee Jeong-heon as Sergeant Park
- Uhm Tae-woong as Won-sang
- Lee Jong-mun as Jeong-hun
- Kim Kang-woo as Min-ho
- Jo Min-jun as Ji-hwan
Crew
- Kang Woo-suk - Director
- Kim Hee-jae - Writer
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