Movie
Joint Security Area
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-09
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- CJ Entertainment, Intz.com, KTB Network, Myung Films
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Lee Young-ae as Maj. Sophie E. Jean
- Lee Byung-hun as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
- Song Kang-ho as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
- Kim Tae-woo as Pvt. Nam Sung-shik
- Shin Ha-kyun as Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
- Herbert Ulrich as Capt. Persson
- Christoph Hofrichter as Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta
- Lee Han-wi as Major Kang
- Koh In-bae as Ri Sun-hye
- Lee Dae-yeon as Sgt. Hwang
- Ki Joo-bong as General Pyo
- Won Geun-hee as Autopsy Doctor
Crew
- Park Chan-wook - Director
- Jeong Seong-san - Screenplay
- Kim Hyun-seok - Screenplay
- Park Chan-wook - Screenplay
- Lee Mu-yeong - Screenplay
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