Joint Security Area
2000 · Movie · Not Rated · 108 min · ★ 7.8 · 73% critics
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, triggering an investigation by a neutral body. A lead investigator receives conflicting accounts from both sides as the story connects earlier interactions into a tragedy shaped by tensions at the demilitarized zone.
Based on DMZ
Also known as J.S.A. Joint Security Area · JSA. Joint Security Area · JSA: Joint Security Area
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Details
- Original title
- Joint secority area
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-09-09
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (833 votes)
About
Watch it if you enjoy tense border mysteries and human connections under political pressure, with flashbacks gradually reshaping what you think happened; Not for you if you want a straightforward investigation or dislike shifting timelines, like in The Front Line.
Pros: tense investigation; unlikely friendship; strong performances | Cons: framing scenes stumble; slow stretches; predictable plot points
Themes
- border
- korean war (1950-53)
- soldier
- united nations
- dmz
- korean army
- inter-korean relations
Cast & crew
Lee Young-ae
as Maj. Sophie E. Jean
Lee Byung-hun
as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk
Song Kang-ho
as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil
Kim Tae-woo
as Pvt. Nam Sung-shik
Shin Ha-kyun
as Pvt. Jeong Woo-jin
Herbert Ulrich
as Capt. Persson
Christoph Hofrichter
as Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta
Lee Han-wi
as Major Kang
Koh In-bae
as Ri Sun-hye
Lee Dae-yeon
as Sgt. Hwang
Directed by Park Chan-wook