Silmido

Silmido

A Forbidden History Now Breaks It Deep Silence.

2003 · 135 min · ★ 7.1 · Action, Drama

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.

Directed by Kang Woo-suk · Written by Kim Hee-jae

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Sul Kyung-gu Kang In-chan
Ahn Sung-ki Jae-hyun
Huh Joon-ho Sergeant Jo
Jung Jae-young Sang-pil
Im Won-hee Won-hee
Kang Shin-il Geun-jae
Kang Seong-jin Chan-seok
Lee Jeong-heon Sergeant Park
Uhm Tae-woong Won-sang
Lee Jong-mun Jeong-hun
Kim Kang-woo Min-ho
Jo Min-jun Ji-hwan

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