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A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 4 nominations
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Baek Yun-shik
- KCIA Director Kim
- (as Yun-shik Baek)
Song Jae-ho
- President Park Chung-hee
- (as Jae-ho Song)
Kim Eung-soo
- KCIA Agent Colonel Min
- (as Eung-soo Kim)
Kwon Byung-gil
- President's Chief Secretary Yang
- (as Byung-gil Kwon)
Jo Eun-ji
- Banquet Guest
- (as Eun-ji Jo)
Jong-jun Jeong
- Chief of Staff
- (as Jong-jun Jung)
Lee Jae-goo
- KCIA Agent Kwon
- (as Jae-goo Lee)
Kim Sang-ho
- KCIA Agent Jang
- (as Sang-ho Kim)
Kim Seung-wook
- KCIA Agent Won
- (as Seung-wook Kim)
Kim Joon-bae
- KCIA Agent Song
- (as Tae-han Kim)
Jeong In-gi
- Deputy Shin
- (as In-gi Jeong)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaPresident's Park Chun-hee's son took the film-makers to court to block the release as he claimed it tarnished the image of his father.
- GoofsKCIA Director Kim at one point refers to the death of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, which occurred three years after the events depicted in the film.
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I saw this recently at the Toronto International Film Festival to a packed house with the director present. I liked it.
It comes across as a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the the 1979 president's assassination. It was believable, suspenseful, and occasionally funny, if you can imagine that! This was the work of someone who really cared to bring a defining historical moment into the modern psyche, to raise some important questions about Korean society.
In my mind, this is what movies should be about -- defining moments of time. And crafting a story that allows the viewer to be drawn into the circumstances, to be shown a view of how things may have happened without being dogmatic or overly judgmental. Kudos to the director to crafting an even-keeled drama that, I suspect is accessible to a large international audience.
It comes across as a fictionalized account of the events leading up to the the 1979 president's assassination. It was believable, suspenseful, and occasionally funny, if you can imagine that! This was the work of someone who really cared to bring a defining historical moment into the modern psyche, to raise some important questions about Korean society.
In my mind, this is what movies should be about -- defining moments of time. And crafting a story that allows the viewer to be drawn into the circumstances, to be shown a view of how things may have happened without being dogmatic or overly judgmental. Kudos to the director to crafting an even-keeled drama that, I suspect is accessible to a large international audience.
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- Sep 14, 2005
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- Also known as
- Geuddae geusaramdeul
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,724
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,862
- Oct 16, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $9,724
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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