Film

Joint Security Area

2000 · 1h 48m · Drama · Thriller · Mystery

Eight shots! The truth is there.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

58

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

Lee Young-ae

Maj. Sophie E. Jean

Lee Byung-hun

Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk

Song Kang-ho

Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil

Kim Tae-woo

Pvt. Nam Sung-shik

Shin Ha-kyun

Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin

Herbert Ulrich

Capt. Persson

Christoph Hofrichter

Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta

Lee Han-wi

Major Kang

Koh In-bae

Ri Sun-hye

Lee Dae-yeon

Sgt. Hwang

Ki Joo-bong

General Pyo

Won Geun-hee

Autopsy Doctor

Go Eun-a

Nam Soo-jung

Seo Jeong-gyu

South Korean Soldier Officer

Jeong Ju-hwan

South Korean Soldier Leader

Park Jeong-gi

South Korean Soldier

• Park Chan-wookDirector · Screenplay
• Jeong Seong-sanScreenplay
• Kim Hyun-seokScreenplay
• Lee Mu-yeongScreenplay
• Sang-yeon ParkNovel
• Shim Jae-myungProducer
• Lee EunProducer
• Kim Sung-bokDirector of Photography
• Bang Jun-seokOriginal Music Composer
• Jo Yeong-wookOriginal Music Composer

Joint Security Area | Trailer | Film Fest Gent 2022JSA (Joint Security Area) Trailer

Release date

September 9, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

16

Budget

$12,500,000

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Mystery

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