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Joint Security Area

2000 · 108 min

A quietly devastating mystery that slowly reveals a tender friendship crushed by politics, leaving a lingering ache.

Tagline
Your shadow is over the line...
Overview
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator receives differing accounts from the two sides.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • guilt
  • war
Places
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller, mystery
Directed by
Park Chan-wook
Written by
Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seong-san, Kim Hyun-seok, Lee Mu-yeong
Starring
Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho, Kim Tae-woo, Shin Ha-kyun, Herbert Ulrich, Christoph Hofrichter, Lee Han-wi
Music
Cho Young-wuk, Bang Jun-seok
Cinematography
Kim Sung-bok
Runtime
108 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean, English, German, French

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