Outreach
Video Lending Library
Korea
- Program Title: Joint Security Area
- EASC Code: KJ-01
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: Korea
- Language: Korean
- Subtitles: English, Chinese
- Subject: Movie & TV Drama
- Program Type: Feature
- Media Type: VHS
- Director: Chan-Wook Park
- Producer: Eun Lee/Jae-Myung Shim
- Release Date: 2002
- Running Time: 120 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: JSA deals with a mysterious murder case in the armistice village of Panmunjom, where two North Korean soldiers were found dead and one South Korean soldier wounded. With conflicting reports on what happened, a Swiss military officer is sent to conduct an investigation as a neutral party. What makes the film most remarkable are flashbacks that shed light on a heretofore politically taboo topic. As a comment on the changed relationship between the two Koreas, the film elicited positive responses from the South Korean audience and made it the best-selling film of the year. Not Rated. *Contains violence.
- Data Entry Date: 4/11/2003
