Secret Reunion
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Secret Reunion is one of the highest grossing Korean films of 2010. The story follows Song Kang-ho
as Agent Lee Han-gyu of the National Intelligence Service (NIS)
who falls from grace after failing to stop the assassination of a North Korean dissident. The sleeper cell responsible includes relative newcomer Ji-won played by Kang Dong-won
, who gets marked as a traitor when the mission goes south. Six years later both men are working different jobs when they bump into each other and quickly form a bond.
This is the second film by director Jang Hun
after completing Rough Cut
two years prior.
Lee Han-gyu is a dedicated agent of the National Intelligence Service who tries to foil the hit. Despite having insider information, he tries to prevent the assassination without reporting to his agency but with just his team. Unable to prevent the assassination and with loss of his fellow agents in a gun fight, he becomes the sole scapegoat for the agency and get's discharged.
Six years lager, Lee is now a private investigator who locates runaway mail order brides and a bounty hunter as Ji-won works in construction. Lee gets saved from a mob by Ji-won and they meet as coincidence while they both recognized each other but keeping it to themselves. When Han-gyu recognizing Ji-won instantly, he talks him into working for him with heavy incentive with ulterior motive for his previous unfinished business - as Ji-won accepts Han-Gyu's offer (as well as to live together) to spy on him, thinking that Han-Gyu is still an agent.
as Lee Han-gyoo
Kang Dong-won
as Song Ji-won
Jun Gook Hwan as Shadow
Park Hyeok-kwon as Ko Kyeong-nam
Yoon Hee-seok as Son Tae-soon
Choi Jeong-woo as National Intelligence Service department head
Ko Chang-seok
as Vietnam boss
. This puts it in the all-time box office records of South Korea.
Song Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho is a leading South Korean film actor.- Career:Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School...
as Agent Lee Han-gyu of the National Intelligence Service (NIS)
National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
The National Intelligence Service is the chief intelligence agency of South Korea. The agency was officially established in 1961 as the Korea Central Intelligence Agency , during the rule of President Park Chung-hee's military Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, which displaced the...
who falls from grace after failing to stop the assassination of a North Korean dissident. The sleeper cell responsible includes relative newcomer Ji-won played by Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong Won is a South Korean film and television actor.-Career:Born in Busan, Kang's family moved to Changwon when he was 7 years old. While studying Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University, he was spotted on the streets by a modeling agent in 2000...
, who gets marked as a traitor when the mission goes south. Six years later both men are working different jobs when they bump into each other and quickly form a bond.
This is the second film by director Jang Hun
Jang Hun (director)
Jang Hun is a South Korean film director. He has worked primarily with director Kim Ki-duk first with the production department, then as an assistant director, to getting a script from Mr. Kim; Rough Cut. In 2010 he directed Secret Reunion selling over 5,000,000 tickets making it the second...
after completing Rough Cut
Rough Cut (2008 film)
Rough Cut is a 2008 South Korean film, and the debut feature of director Jang Hun. The film is based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk.- Synopsis :...
two years prior.
Plot
Ji-won is one of the North Korean Assassins that lives in South Korea as a ordinary citizen, until their calling: the assassination of Kim Jung-Il's second cousin, who wrote a book the North Korea's Government that deemed it as a great betrayal. However one of the members betray in order to find a new life in South Korea and Ji-won mistakenly becomes the target for both country.Lee Han-gyu is a dedicated agent of the National Intelligence Service who tries to foil the hit. Despite having insider information, he tries to prevent the assassination without reporting to his agency but with just his team. Unable to prevent the assassination and with loss of his fellow agents in a gun fight, he becomes the sole scapegoat for the agency and get's discharged.
Six years lager, Lee is now a private investigator who locates runaway mail order brides and a bounty hunter as Ji-won works in construction. Lee gets saved from a mob by Ji-won and they meet as coincidence while they both recognized each other but keeping it to themselves. When Han-gyu recognizing Ji-won instantly, he talks him into working for him with heavy incentive with ulterior motive for his previous unfinished business - as Ji-won accepts Han-Gyu's offer (as well as to live together) to spy on him, thinking that Han-Gyu is still an agent.
Cast
Song Kang-hoSong Kang-ho
Song Kang-ho is a leading South Korean film actor.- Career:Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School...
as Lee Han-gyoo
Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong Won is a South Korean film and television actor.-Career:Born in Busan, Kang's family moved to Changwon when he was 7 years old. While studying Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University, he was spotted on the streets by a modeling agent in 2000...
as Song Ji-won
Jun Gook Hwan as Shadow
Park Hyeok-kwon as Ko Kyeong-nam
Yoon Hee-seok as Son Tae-soon
Choi Jeong-woo as National Intelligence Service department head
Ko Chang-seok
Ko Chang-seok
Ko Chang-seok is a South Korean actor who has been in a number of Korean films. He is recognizable by his facial hair and larger body size. He and Yu Jun-sang both won the Best Actor award at the 18th annual Icheon Chunsa Film Festival for their roles in A Barefoot Dream and Moss,...
as Vietnam boss
Reaction
In South Korea well over 5,000,000 tickets were sold, making it the highest grossing Korean film of the year second only to The Man from NowhereThe Man from Nowhere (film)
The Man from Nowhere is a 2010 South Korean film starring Won Bin and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It was Korea's highest grossing film in 2010. The film was released in the United States and Canada on October 1, 2010.- Plot:...
. This puts it in the all-time box office records of South Korea.
External links
- Secret Reunion at Cine 21