Joint Security Area
2000
****
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho, Lee Young-ae, Kim Tae-woo, Shin Ha-kyun, Christoph Hofrichter, Herbert Ulrich, Lee Han-wi, Kim Myung-soo, Song Young-chang
After a deadly shooting incident in the Joint Security Area, a neutral Swiss-Korean investigator uncovers conflicting testimonies from North and South Korean soldiers. Park Chan-wook's third film tells a tense and moving story about secret friendships and human connections across enemy lines, ultimately ending in tragedy. Based on Park Sang-yeon's novel DMZ.
