Byung Heon Lee, Ha-kyun Shin, Kang-ho Song
When two North Korean soldiers are found dead in the Joint Security Area -- a border region guarded by both North and South Korea -- the incident sparks a political firestorm that threatens to turn in...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 30, 2002
Stats: 515 reviews
Great idea, great script, great direction; 5 for being a good film about male bonding; 5 more for the political content, and for the boundaries and taboos it broke with regards to historical Korean film; 5 more for the way the story is told. It unfolds like a classic who-dunnit. ...( read more)
superb. park chan-wook is on par here with his "oldboy". they're completely different types of film but his individualism in directing is stamped all over it. yeong-ae lee is good in it (sympathy for lady vengence - title role) but the great performance came from kang-ho song (sy...( read more)
An early effort from Park Chan Wook, before his vengeance trilogy, where he already showed a great control of both camera and story. That combined with the excellent performances by both Kang Ho Song and Lee Byun Hung help to give a serious tone to the film, and to avoid any chea...( read more)
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 bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that shou...( read more)
After seeing the amazing vengeance trilogy by director Chan-wook Park I have been on the hunt for anything with his name attached to it. I must admit I didn't even know this film existed until very recently and so I decided to take a gamble and just buy it. Although it definitely...( read more)
What kills this movie is the Dubbed Voices. After rewatching it with English Subtitles and Korean Language, I found it to be more enjoyable and realistic. About 2 sets of soldiers one from each side of the Korean Border ( North and South Korea) who are station at and out post, go...( read more)
Je comprends pourquoi ce film a été hautement controversé à sa sortie, mais également pourquoi ce fut un succès instantané. Le sujet (amitié interdite entre des soldats des deux Corées) est assez explosif dans un pays qui prend les choses très au sérieux. Mais c'est plutôt un dra...( read more)
JSA is a perfect examples of how didn't meet the expectation doesn't always comes as a bad thing.judging by the poster and the trailer,i expect this to be a great political war thriller brought by Park chan-wook,the master of that kind of movie.the fact is,this is not a thriller(...( read more)
I'm going to straight out say that the beginning, when fresh investigation is undergoing and words are forever exchanged, is really boring and it cost this film one whole half-star. Afterward, JSA is suspenseful with "forbidden" moments of camaraderie which I'll not soon forget. ...( read more)
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