Duration: 123mins
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Recent domestic blockbusters such as Shiri and Joint Security Area have shown that the suspicion and distrust that exist between the two Koreas can make for involving and challenging human dramas. First-time director Kim Hyeon-jeong(b)?s Comrade follows in these films? footsteps, but by holding up a troubling mirror to recent history, ups the ante as to how much of the underlying reality fictional accounts can reveal.
The film titled "Ijung Kanchop"(Double Agent) in Korean _ marks the return of Han Seok-gyu, the star of "Shiri" who, at the height of his popularity, decided to take a three-year hiatus from films. At first glance, Han might seem to be searching to recapture the commercial success of the 1999 spy thriller, but his new role is light years apart from the South Korean agent in the previous film.
In Comrade, Han plays Lim Byong-ho, a ranking North Korean agent working at the embassy in East Germany, who defects by narrowly escaping and making hi
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