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JSA - Joint Security Area, 2000

JSA - Joint Security Area

English, Korean

South Korea

Rating:7.8
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Profile of JSA - Joint Security Area

JSA - Joint Security Area can be described as suspenseful, thought provoking, and bleak. The plot revolves around an assassination, a political conspiracy, and espionage. The main genres are drama, foreign, and thriller. In approach, JSA - Joint Security Area is serious and realistic. It is located in Korea. It takes place in the 1990s. JSA - Joint Security Area is based on a book.

Summary of JSA - Joint Security Area

This Korean thriller mines the historic tension between North and South Korea over activity in the JSA, the Joint Security Area, a region guarded by armies from both counties. When two North Korean soldiers are found dead there, it sets off a political chain of events that threatens to plunge the countries into war.

Details

Language: English, Korean
Country: South Korea
Release date: 15 June 2001
Runtime: 110 min

Cast and Crew

Kang-ho Song

as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil

Yeong-ae Lee

as Maj. Sophie E. Jean

Photos

JSA - Joint Security Area (2000)
JSA - Joint Security Area (2000)

Clips

JSA - Joint Security Area
JSA - Joint Security Area: Official Trailer

Critics Reviews

The New York Times
This warm, sorrowful film plays like a downbeat variation on an old World War II picture from Hollywood.
Variety
Despite its merits, is neither an art movie nor an out-and-out, propulsive actioner like "Shiri."
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