Joint Security Area

(2000)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 874 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Year: 2000

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: Пак Чхан Ук

Cast: 이영애, Ли Бён-хон, Сон Кан Хо, 김태우, Син Ха Гюн, Herbert Ulrich, Christoph Hofrichter, 이한위, 고인배, Ли Дэ Ён

Plot

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.

In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining rounds in the assassin's magazine, amount to 16 cartridges for a gun that should normally hold 15. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved - all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic.