Joint Security Area
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Joint Security Area

Eight shots! The truth is there.

7.8 / 10 2000 1h 48mNR Korean
DramaThrillerAction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Lee Young-ae

Lee Young-ae

Maj. Sophie E. Jean

Lead
Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil

Kim Tae-woo

Kim Tae-woo

Pvt. Nam Sung-shik

Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin

Herbert Ulrich

Herbert Ulrich

Capt. Persson

Christoph Hofrichter

Christoph Hofrichter

Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta

Lee Han-wi

Lee Han-wi

Major Kang

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Park Chan-wook's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Joint Security Area is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker