JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000)

On the boarder between North and South Korea is an area called the Joint Security Area (JSA).  One night there is an exchange of fire across the JSA that interrupts the progress between the nations.  There seems to be two versions of the reason why two North Korean soldiers were killed on the North Korean side of the boarder.  The South says that North tried to kidnap a South Korean solider, while the North states that a South Korean solider went amok.  The neutral countries, Switzerland and Sweden, are in charge of the investigation and clues indicate that there are other motives behind the crime.  JSA is provides an excellent cinematic experience, which educates and fills the audience with compassion.

DIRECTED BY

Chan-wook Park

COUNTRY

South Korea

REVIEWED
10/23/2002
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