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Silmido

A Forbidden History Now Breaks It Deep Silence.

★ 7.1 2003 135 min ActionDrama

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.

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Release
2003-12-24
TMDB score
7.1/10
Original language
KO
Status
Released
Production
South Korea
Studio
Hanmac Films, Cinema Service
Topicsprisonislandspyincheonkorean armyinter-korean relations

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