The Spies (Korean: 간첩; RR: Gancheop), also known as The Spy, is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Kim Myung-min, Yum Jung-ah, Byun Hee-bong, Jung Gyu-woon, Yoo Hae-jin and directed by Woo Min-ho. It is about North Korean undercover spies living mundane lives in South Korea.[2] The film was released on September 20, 2012, and attracted 1,310,895 admissions nationwide.[3][4]
| The Spies | |
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 Promotional poster for The Spy | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 간첩 |
| Revised Romanization | Gancheop |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kanch'ŏp |
| Directed by | Woo Min-ho |
| Written by | Woo Min-ho |
| Produced by | Chun Seung-chul Kim Yong-chae |
| Starring | Kim Myung-min Yum Jung-ah Byun Hee-bong Jung Gyu-woon Yoo Hae-jin |
| Cinematography | Kim Hak-soo |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
Production company | Woollim |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$8.3 million[1] |
Plot edit
Section chief Kim (Kim Myung-min) was dispatched to South Korea 22 years ago to spy for the North Korean government. But spying is not his job anymore, or at least, it's not what he does in daily life. Now, Kim makes a living by selling fake Viagra pills smuggled from China and returns home every night to his wife and two loving children.
When Kim unexpectedly receives an assassination order from his boss (Yoo Hae-jin), he gathers his teammates which consist of assistant manager Kang (Yum Jung-ah), a single mother and real estate agent, adviser Yoon (Byun Hee-bong), a retired senior citizen who specializes in making forged IDs, and assistant manager Woo (Jung Gyu-woon), a farmer whose expertise lies on hacking computers. Although these four people no longer want to be part of the assassination coup, they have no choice but to follow the order.
While performing a reconnaissance routine, Kim enters the residence of their target as a cable repairman and notices a large safe in one of the rooms. Later, he meets his fellow spies and devises a secondary plan to steal the safe's money. No one knows if they will actually be able to get hold of the money as they in turn have become the target of the South Korean government.[5]
Cast edit
- Kim Myung-min – Section chief Kim
- Yum Jung-ah – Assistant manager Kang
- Byun Hee-bong – Adviser Yoon
- Jung Gyu-woon – Assistant manager Woo
- Yoo Hae-jin – Department head Choi
- Jung Man-sik – NIS section chief
- Chun Bo-geun – Kim's son
- Oh Na-ra
- Kim Jin-hee
- Oh Kwang-rok – man on bench (cameo)
References edit
- ^ "The Spy (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ Park, Eun-jee (21 September 2012). "The Spy, Covertness offer different takes on espionage". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "The Spy (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ^ "Korean Box Office". Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
- ^ "2012.9.28 NOW Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
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External links edit
- Official website (in Korean)
- The Spy at HanCinema
- The Spy at the Korean Movie Database
- The Spies at IMDb
