The Coast Guard
(2002)
★ 6.2 IMDb · 101 votes
Year: 2002
Runtime: 95 мин
Country: South Korea
Director: 김기덕
Cast: 장동건, 김정학, Пак Джи-а, Ю Хэ Чжин, 정진, Ким Ку Тхэк, 김강우, 박윤재, Kim Ho-seung, 김영재
Plot
A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
At South Korea's border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. PFC Kang and his friend Private Kim are on patrol when drinking youths jeer them. Two nights later, Kang follows orders, opening fire at a person who has infiltrated the border zone. It proves to be a young man, one from the earlier encounter, on a drunken tryst with his girlfriend, Mi-yeong. Kang is commended, yet horrified. Mi-yeong is unhinged. Kim tries to hold onto friendship, duty, and his humanity. While Kang retreats into bizarre behavior and violence, Mi-yeong becomes easy prey to soldiers. Sickness is all.