Secretly Greatly

  • 123'
  • South Korea
  • 2013
Three North Korean spies are in a South Korean village on a secret mission. Won Ryu-han, a well-trained hitman, has to pretend to be the village idiot, while his colleagues pretend to be a trainee musician and student. They wait patiently for orders from Pyongyang.
The longer their stay lasts, the stronger their bonds with the villagers become. Then, after a regime change in Pyongyang, the mission is ended. The order is: commit suicide or kill each other, because all traces have to be erased. But are the men willing to die for their country?
This is where the film changes into a real action film, in which the difference between good and evil, in other words South and North, is fought out on a knife edge. A box-office hit in South Korea, partly due to the popular actors and the fans of the 'webtoon' on which the film is based. With this film, Jang Cheol-Soo offers an interesting perspective on the shaky balance between North and South Korea.

  • 123'
  • South Korea
  • 2013
Director
Jang Cheol-Soo
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
South Korea
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
123'
Medium
DCP
Language
Korean
Producer
Kim Young-Min
Production Company
MCMC Production
Sales
Showbox/Mediaplex, Inc
Screenplay
Kim Bang-Hyun, Yun Hong-Gi
Cinematography
Choi Sang-Ho
Editor
Kim Sun-Min
Production Design
Kim Jong-Woo
Sound Design
Wave Lab
Music
Jang Young-Gyu, Dalparan
Cast
Kim Soo-Hyun, Park Ki-Woong
Website
http://showbox.co.kr/english/Lineup/synopsis.asp?MVCode=JA130118
Director
Jang Cheol-Soo
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
South Korea
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
123'
Medium
DCP
Language
Korean
Producer
Kim Young-Min
Production Company
MCMC Production
Sales
Showbox/Mediaplex, Inc
Screenplay
Kim Bang-Hyun, Yun Hong-Gi
Cinematography
Choi Sang-Ho
Editor
Kim Sun-Min
Production Design
Kim Jong-Woo
Sound Design
Wave Lab
Music
Jang Young-Gyu, Dalparan
Cast
Kim Soo-Hyun, Park Ki-Woong
Website
http://showbox.co.kr/english/Lineup/synopsis.asp?MVCode=JA130118