Shiri
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Profile
- Movie: Shiri
- Revised romanization: Swiri
- Hangul: 쉬리
- Director: Kang Je-Gyu
- Writer: Kang Je-Gyu, Jeon Yun-Su, Park Moon-Hak, Park Je-Hyeon
- Producer: Lee Kwon-Hak, Lee Seong-Hun, Byeon Mu-Rim
- Cinematographer: Kim Sung-Bok, Hwang Seo-Sik, Kim Seok-Jin, Jo Yong-Hyeon
- Release Date: February 13, 1999
- Runtime: 124mins
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Locked in a fragile détente with its famine-wracked, communist neighbor to the North, South Korea lives in a state of constant national emergency. It is policed by a task force of special agents whose personal lives have withered and died as they root out infiltrators and sleeper agents, rush from crisis to calamity, pursue rumors of war and chase terrorists who vanish like ghosts. One particular phantom, a female North Korean sniper named Hee, has led agents Ryu (Han Suk-Kyu) and Lee (Song Kang-Ho) through a nightmare of burnt corpses and bloody crime scenes for ten years before suddenly vanishing. One year later she resurfaces, and with her comes a squad of North Korean commandos who have infiltrated Seoul and master-minded the theft of an experimental explosive.
A whirlwind of fear and paranoia engulfs the city as civilian targets are bombed and Agents Lee and Ryu chase an enemy who is always one charred and blackened step ahead of them. As Agent Lee is pulled in two directions by his fragile fiancée, Hyun, and the dead-eyed terrorist, Hee, the personal becomes the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the heart become affairs of state.
Notes
- "Shiri" was the top grossing film in South Korea for 1999. The film sold 2.4 million tickets in the Seoul region.
Cast
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| Han Suk-Kyu | Choi Min-Sik | Kim Yunjin | Song Kang-Ho | Park Eun-Suk |
| Yu JongWon | Park Mu-young | Lee Myung-hyun | Lee Jang-gil | Lee Bang-Hee |
Additional Cast Members:
- Hwang Jung-Min - special investigator
- Jang Hyun-Sung - special investigator
- Kim Su-Ro - Ahn Hyeon-Cheol
- Lee Jong-Hyeok
- Park Yong-Woo - Lee Seong-Sik
- Ji Dae-Han - OP commando
- Yeo Ho-Min
- Yun Ju-Sang - Ko Jeong-Seok
- Jo Deok-Hyeon - Lee Won-Du
- Park Ji-Il
- Jo Seung-Yeon
- Lee Pil-Mo
- Kim Sang-Mi
- Jung Seong-Woo
- Nam Myung-Ryul - Kwon-Ho
- Yoo Ha-Bok - bodyguard
Trailer (U.K.)
