Synopse
An action drama seen by over 10 million Koreans, more than saw "Titanic" or "Lord of the Rings". On government orders, 31 men on death row are trained as killing machines for a suicide mission. Shot in CinemaScope, it is based on a true event: in the 60s, 198n prisoners are said to have been trained to assassinate North Korean dictator, Kim Il-Sung. Kang Woo-suk's aim was to make his film "at least as entertaining as a Hollywood movie".
Info
Original Title: Sil-Mi-Do
Category: Feature
Section: Hauptprogramm
Version & Subtitles: Korean OV
Director: Woo-Suk Kang
Screenplay: Heui-Jae Kim, Dong-Ho Baek
Cast/Protagonists: Gyeong-Gu Seol, Sung-Ki Ahn, Jun-Ho Heo, Jae-Yeong Jeong
Production country: South Korea
Year of Production: 2003
Length: 135 min
Producer: Jonathan Kim, Jong-Dong Lee
Production company: Cinema Service
World Sales: Cinema Service
Distributor: 3L Filmverleih GmbH & Co. KG, 3L Filmverleih
