Production of A Myung Film Directed by Park Chan Wook
Lee Young Ae
Lee Byung Heon
Song Kang Ho
Kim Tae Woo
Shin Ha Kyun
COMBINED SECURITY AREA
Three days have passed since the occurrence of hostilities at the JSA.
Attempts to conduct joint investigations between Koreans have failed.
But recently negotiators have achieved important breakthroughs.
Authorities from both countries have agreed this afternoon
to comply with an investigation conducted by NNSC.
Tension starts to rise
amid suspicion of the North Korean nuclear bomb program and the progress of US-made ships in the northeast.
Both Koreans are aware of the need
handling objectively and calmly in dealing with this conflict,
and to avoid this trivial matter becomes a war.
In accordance with the agreement, NNSC plans to send
Swiss and Swedish legal authorities who have practical experience in this field.
Welcome...
on the National Neutral Oversight Committee.
You are the first woman who came here...
since 1953.
Really?
Madam, is your trip fun?
Yes, sir!
Please sit down, Major.
General Porter is also an anthropologist.
Especially in the polynesian region.
So your specialty is also sitting behind the desk?
This chair is no longer comfortable after this unpleasant event.
Damn it!
So, how old are you when you move to Switzerland?
My father is Korean, I was born in Geneva...
... and I'm big there.
He studied Korean there,
but this is his first time to Korea.
But this is a very unique case.
The suspect has been arrested...
... and we haven't even received recognition from him.
Our work is not to find out "who", but "why".
And also the most important thing is the success of this procedure is not the result.
I know the opinions of Koreans like a big button...
between tension and peace.
There will be talks in Beijing and Panmunjon.
Meanwhile this case continues.
In short, this conversation between the North and the South is like...
... a dry forest.
Just a little spark... can make the whole forest burn.
Your main goal is to be a truly neutral person.
Not to provoke North and South parties.
Is that understandable?
So...
my job is to stand at the border line and ask...
"Can you tell me, why did you pull the trigger?"
If the war starts, shoot the bastard.
You can't even kill one person?
Do you call yourself an army?
I think my main mission is to save Sergeant Lee.
So?
So that's why you didn't do it right?
Are you ordered to shoot trees?
My order is to get them to run and protect the rescue team.
What?
Are you sure, you're not one of them who feels feared?
I don't want to start a war, sir.
What? A soldier afraid of war?
You're stupid...
What?
Report, sir!
War won't break that easily.
Now leave.
Ready, sir!
This event...
... isn't this already clear?
A communist kidnapped our army,
and admitted that he crossed voluntarily.
- Am I right? - Right, sir!
Our soldiers... what's your name again?
- Sergeant Lee Soo Hyuk, sir! - Right, Soo Hyuk.
Let's solve this problem immediately so that Soo Hyuk can take time off.
Our soldiers here were kidnapped by two bastards.
He is a hero!
What do you want to say, Major Jean?
Your opinion will be noted in this investigation.
From now on the NNSC will take over investigations into suspects.
There are no South Korean military officials who can enter without my permission.
Neutral Oversight Committee?
There are two kinds of people in this world.
Communist bastards...
and communist bastard enemies.
Neutral people have no place here.
You have to choose where you stand.
You're from law school, right?
I believe you will make wise choices.
I am Major Sophie Jean from Switzerland.
This is Captain Perrson from Sweden.
He is still shaken.
He was hit by a blunt object.
The bruise proves that he was kidnapped.
- Statement -
Look down!
He looks like one of us!
Soo Hyuk! Soo Hyuk!
Both sides are closer than I imagined.
Oh yeah, you can even hear their farts.
After the Korean War...
North Korean prisoners cross this bridge when they are released
and never returned.
Therefore the bridge is known as a "bridge without any return".
You know the incident from a former Marine, right?
An American was immediately killed...
when he worked on the tree, was there.
Here is the military border line.
Does this look a little weird?
Here is where Lieutenant Choi's body was found.
And there Jung soldier was found.
Underground shelter...
Jung Soldiers are talented artists.
He even won a national contest prize.
He is very popular with soldiers in terms of drawing their girlfriends.
"RICE IS A COMMUNIST"
As soon as Lee Soo Hyuk leaves our post,
the South's army invaded like this is a signal.
It's a good thing Sergeant Oh can still survive.
If not, the South will continue to give lies by saying this is North Korea's provocation action.
That's what they say now?
Who will believe that?
We have witnesses.
No need to wake up.
This is Major Jean from NNSC.
Are you okay?
This is not a big problem. This is nothing.
This is because of terrorists in Libya.
He scratched my face with his knife.
When I was in Egypt, I had to take out shrapnel because of the exploding gun.
Want to see?
Really?
Can we see it?
I'm glad you're fine.
Well, can you tell me about that night?
Everything has been explained in my statement.
Do you mean the statement you made and signed it in a semi-conscious state?
Stupid girl.
What did you say?
Why do you all have a statement, but no one wants to talk to me?
Hey Lieutenant, tell us about your vacation.
It's the same as the others.
There is nothing special.
Look down!
This is a process...
... where the victim's family was called.
Shot twice.
One on the right chest,
damaging the ribs and getting into his lungs.
But it's not a fatal shot.
The second shot that really killed him.
Judging from the firing angle, he was shot at close range.
This fits the facts of the South.
What is that?
He was shot again when he had fallen on the floor.
The killer must make sure he is executed.
This often happens, when the motive is revenge.
Continue to the next body...
Total 8 shots.
Cannot be trusted...
Shot from close range, it killed him immediately.
The first shot on his face, which is likely to immediately kill him.
The rest, they only shoot bodies that are lifeless.
The first shot was intended for to kill him immediately.
Other shots due to the encouragement of his heart.
Interesting differences.
Lee Soo Hyuk.
I know that person.
I can see it.
Once when on duty,
there are some men who curse our president.
When Soo Hyuk hears this,
he took the stone and slammed it into their window.
So I gathered my friends, and told him
"Okay! The way to escape!"
When he disappears on a search mission,
the troops are in an uproar.
4 hours later he appears.
He said, he stepped on a mine and had to dismantle it.
Damn it!
Then, I finally found out.
This man, he is not like the others.
I told you, he was very nervous about steel.
Nam Sung Shik,
You're on duty when Sergeant Lee happened.
- Right? - Yes, ma'am!
I'm not deaf.
Why is Sergeant Lee going alone?
A very urgent natural call.
Can a soldier leave his post for that reason?
He said, people with constipation...
must take the opportunity when the opportunity comes.
How many bullets are left in Sergeant Lee's gun?
Five.
I brought a photo of the bodies. Do you want to see it?
No.
I don't want to see it.
It turns out your voice is good.
Your fellow warriors say you're very fast at shooting.
Are you really fast at it?
Can you show it to me?
The most important thing in a battle is not speed.
The most important thing is that makes you calm and brave.
That's the most important thing.
Okay then.
Can you fill the bullet again like the one before?
Are you really a Swiss soldier?
Did Sergeant Lee talk a lot about his military life?
He tried to do it, but I don't allow it.
Has he ever talked about, for example...
how he was involved in a mission,
or if he gets special training?
Special training?
Can you lock my shirt?
Soo Jung, aren't you worried about Sergeant Lee?
We are not so serious.
Can you explain what kind of person he is?
Well...
Oh, you can judge from the way he treats my brother.
Since we were little, my sister never had friends.
But after registering as a soldier, everything gets better, thanks to Soo-Hyuk.
He has a good heart.
Maybe because he grew up in poverty, is the same as us.
Wait a minute...
Your brother?
You don't know?
Soldier Nam Sung Shik, they are in the same platoon.
He keeps asking me to meet Soo Hyuk, so I keep doing it.
What?
Is there something on my face?
No, not at all.
There are 11 bullets that hurt the North Korean army.
10 bullets found on the scene,
but one more bullet was not found.
This is a missing bullet.
5 bullets left in your gun.
If you combine all of this, 5 and 10 become 15.
Because you have the habit of not adding extra bullets,
15 is the right amount.
Then,
where are these 1 bullets?
This was not fired by you or added later.
This bullet hasn't even penetrated the body of the victims.
If someone hides the bullet,
that means he may be afraid he will reveal the weapon that shot this bullet.
In other words, there are other people here,
fifth person on the scene.
What do you think of my theory?
Sometimes they burn on the DMZ for better vision.
One night we burned a bamboo field.
And all mines explode like fireworks...
Then, next time...
Is Soldier Nam with you too?
This is the gun you had when you were saved.
Everyone thinks that this is your gun.
I requested an investigation of the serial number.
This gun belongs to Soldier Nam.
Private Nam said the gun was broken during rescue and only shot once.
The M-9 gun is an automatic pistol,
so that the slide will lock back after each shot.
The damage is here.
You know about all this, right? You are an expert on weapons.
I checked the registered gun as yours returned by Warrior Nam.
The antimony-barium reaction on this gun reveals that there is more than gunpowder.
Blood stains.
After the first shot, the slide is pulled and then jammed.
And the blood from the body radiates here.
The results of the analysis match the blood samples from Jung Soldiers.
The bloodstain is here...
not visible, so they don't eliminate it.
Sergeant Lee, have you ever heard about the Polygraph Keeler?
Also known as a lie detector.
Don't move
don't shoot, it's not bulletproof.
Drop the weapon! Drop the weapon!
Yes?
Thank you.
This is the second post.
Is this the third post?
Hey, again, what are the coordinates here?
If we are here...
We are in the third post, sir.
The coordinates are not on the map.
Are you saying we've crossed?
Give it to me.
We are bad luck.
Quickly retreat, at 5 o'clock
Sergeant Hwang!
Sergeant Choi!
Help me...
I told you not to bring the damn dog, you damn man!
I didn't bring the dog!
Shut up you.
I stepped on a mine.
We all can die.
Watch out! Be careful, there... Don't come close!
One more step, and I'll break the cable.
Hey bastard!
You just let me here?
You told us to leave.
I said don't come near, when I say you have to go. Damn you guys!
Help me!
Adult men cry like babies...
Sergeant Oh!
What if...
Let's just go.
Okay?
Take this. This is a present.
Let's go.
You too, little dog.
Take care of yourself now.
About the mine... Don't bring it up again.
- What? - This is just to save yourself...
Well, that's just...
Rabbits...
Rabbit!
We found the damn rabbit here!
Hey, hey.
Your shadow is out of bounds.
Look at that.
Did you write a letter to Soo Jung?
Yeah.
I don't thank you for your help yesterday...
My attitude is very rude, Sis.
Oh, can I call you brother?
I really want to have a sister.
"After hearing my friend's greetings so far,
is very good if someone calls me brother."
"My hobby is playing baseball.
I'm a pitcher when I was in high school."
"I enjoyed the cassette you sent.
Han Dae Su was very difficult to understand at first, but now I like it.
Kim Hyun Shik is also good.
But don't you have a female singer there? "
I don't mean...
I think replying to the letter is also a joke...
I don't think she will really come.
What crazy thing is going to...
See you later, then.
Wait, I didn't mean to send you away.
You did something extraordinary.
After half a century of this division, You have decided on our tragic history which is full of suffering and disgrace,
You damage the dam to reunite our country. My friend Lee Soo Hyuk!
We welcome you.
I'm sorry.
Did you get a promotion?
Thank you for you because you live and become a sergeant now, right?
If you die, I will be raised as a staff sergeant.
Imagine if I was nervous when I shifted my legs?
I'm the only one who saved your life.
You're bragging.
Bring your troops out of bounds.
Then we can face each other with the damn Yankees.
Only 2 years 2 months?
Damn, we have served for 13 years!
I'm pretty good with a gun.
I often get bored, so I often practice.
The water gun?
Hey, just stop playing around with mines.
Yeah, you're pretty good.
But are you...
Ever shot using real weapons?
No.
- I've been several times. - OK.
Okay. Please stop
Our friends are everywhere
Africa, Middle East... he trained as a soldier for 10 years!
You don't know. Is not it?
That's right, huh?
Hey, Sergeant Lee.
The most important thing in a battle is not speed.
Ability to fight? Not important.
Make yourself calm and full of strength
is everything.
So why is an extraordinary army like yourself guarding the post at this age?
Hey! Do you still save the mine fuse that I gave you?
Don't remove it.
Keep holding it and even bullets can't penetrate you.
Whoa!
Why are you always crazy about things about America?
Try it, and you will see why Yankee's items are so extraordinary.
It must be very expensive.
It's also good to see objects that are stuck in your teeth.
Look down.
I said looking down!
See?
I told you about things about America...
What did you do there so that it disappeared from your post?
Not like that, we just...
You're an idiot!
Do you think you're something extraordinary because you've been abroad?
Do you think this is a playground?
You are on the front line of our republic! Front line!
Hey. Take the dog to the butcher.
The dog will be lunch for tomorrow.
What ?!
Our people depend on us.
Don't make them disappointed, okay?
Take good care of yourself.
Go away.
Be careful with mines.
Leave!
I said leave!
Hey! Hey!
There's a lot of food over there!
That person is very funny.
Sergeant Lee.
You're very handsome.
Tell me something I don't know.
Just say it. Do you expect me to read your mind?
It will be nice . Only 3 months left for duty.
No, 87 days.
I'm worried about the rest of my time here.
Hey, do you want me to introduce you to some friends?
Who?
No...
Forget it.
Do I have to go?
What?
Hey, after half a century from this division...
Um... through our history of suffering and shame,
we will open the dam and unite it. Okay?
Can we open it later?
I heard a lot about you.
I'm Oh Kyung Pil.
Hey, Warrior Nam.
You feel warm.
Ah! Feels warm.
Sergeant Lee.
Come on.
What's wrong with people with the same blood
get together and play some games?
Is that a crime? I mean, are we committed as adults?
Or give in to military secrets?
We don't even know any secrets.
That's right!
South party warriors...
step aside...
That's it!
Damn it! I told you we should use gravel!
What is difficult with this?
Wow! See that stand!
Brother...
Let's pay.
My father died young.
So I'm the only man at home.
Wow...
She's beautiful.
Is he really your girlfriend?
Don't you have someone, friend? Come on, show us!
What? Don't be silly.
But remember what the disabled soldier said?
Border guards are trained to draw us to their side.
You're wrong.
He saved my life.
Brother.
Why can't our republic make moon pie like this?
Sister!
I just want to know...
Do you want to come to the south?
You can eat Choco Pie until your stomach explodes.
I mean, only if you want.
Lee Soo Hyuk.
I will only say this once, so listen carefully.
My dream is...
one day, our republic...
make something good on this peninsula.
Understand?
Until all that happens, all I can do is...
dreaming of this Choco Pie.
Forget it. You talked a lot.
Stop it.
Don't!
Sung Shik, stop this damn communist!
You don't need to rub it, Just brush with this, like this.
Take off your shoes.
First, shake it like this.
Then spread it like this.
This is what you have to do. Like this.
And when it's dry, do it again...
Beware! Alert!
Hey! Hurry up over there!
Move!
2:35
we got news that
North party forces have entered the entire border.
We are at DEFCON 3.
Hey! Are you scared?
Keep calm, okay?
Just think like you shot down all of them.
Think like that, okay?
Sung Shik...
We don't go there again.
Jung's birthday is soon.
And you will stop soon.
At least we have to say goodbye.
After I leave,
never go there alone.
Understand?
Sister, that day...
Will the North really attack?
How can I know?
The Yankees will bomb us. Are we just going to sit here?
So don't make weapons or nuclear missiles.
Hey, did I make it?
Why are you angry?
Stop talking about war.
Everyone writes letters to their parents.
And it's for Soo Jung too.
If the war really breaks out,
are we going to shoot each other?
What if we write certificates to each other or something?
"We hereby declare that Nam Sung Shik is in charge of the Republic. Signed by Sergeant Oh Kyung Pil and Private Jung Woo Jin."
Something like that.
- That's a great idea! - Right?
Waste of time.
If the Yankee bastards play their war game,
we will all be eliminated. Blank.
3 minutes in the war, the two countries will be destroyed.
Full destruction. Do you understand?
I understand.
Man, this song reminds me of my mother.
Tell me,
why does the singer have to die at such a young age?
Hey!
Let's toast...
for singer Kwang Suk.
What?
Oh, nothing.
Hey, more tightly.
Perfect.
You don't come back?
We have to go.
Let's go.
Hey stupid.
I've already told you, and you still can't do it?
After all, I still can't make it shiny.
Let me see.
A soldier must first do this right.
I can't forever do this for you.
Oh, wait.
happy birthday.
Thank you, friend.
Brother!
Oh... damn it!
You cry!
I can't help it.
I also have something for you.
What?
Where was that?
What is that?
What food do you eat?
Hey, open the door. Open fast!
Yes.
What?
Why did he refuse a joint examination?
Then say this to General Pyo.
Either Soldier Nam jumped from the building,
or Sergeant Lee is dead, it's not my business.
I don't have time to spoil the suspect.
Understand?
This is your statement.
Read and tell me if you want to change it.
Oh! Forgive me.
This is true.
Yes.
Do you recognize this? This is from the Case Event Place.
Lieutenant Choi Man Soo.
Sergeant Oh Kyung Pil.
And Private Jung Woo Jin.
How many Southern soldiers attacked this post?
Only one.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Alright.
This is Sergeant Lee Soo-Hyuk.
Do you recognize it?
South puppets.
What is this?
What happened here?
This is another soldier who according to my guess is at the scene.
He's in a coma, so he can't come today.
Allegedly?
What proof?
While interrogating him, he was told that he would be given a test using a lie detector,
Private Nam tried to commit suicide at that time.
We have no choice but to consider this as an acknowledgment.
Therefore, I propose we start the investigation again.
We didn't come here to hear your story.
Please, stop it!
You bastard!
You're a fucking capitalist! Do you know how long I waited for a time like this?
Damn doll!
Do you know how long?
Let me go! I will show you the power of the Republic!
You're a fucking capitalist!
Bastard! Traitor of the nation!
- Yankee dolls! - Sergeant Oh!
Life of the Chosun labor group!
Our esteemed leader...
Life of Supreme Commander Kim Jong-Il!
What is this?
You said, this is your first time in Korea, huh?
How does it feel to come to your father's birthplace?
During the Korean War...
... there is a concentration camp for North prisoners.
The North's prisoners are divided into 2 groups...
Communists...
and anti-communists who opposed the war.
They did a lot of massacres on both sides.
The war continues from one civil war to another civil war.
After the war is over, the prisoners are released, and they are free to choose which party they will take sides with.
Is it to the capitalist environment in South Korea or back to the communist environment in North Korea.
But there are 76 prisoners from 170,000 detainees who were rejected by both parties.
And they are spread throughout the world.
Some of them are never known.
Like your father, Ya Nung Chong.
He was fortunate enough to go to Argentina and marry a Swiss woman.
General Pyo is investigating your past.
Includes mysteries about national defense and foreign affairs.
What if the Indian, Brazilian, Argentinian and Swiss embassies heard this.
That General Pyo allowed children from former communism officers to lead this investigation.
What will happen to him?
3 more days!
I'm sure I can get recognition from Sergeant Lee in 3 days.
Recognition...
You pressed Pvt Nam so he decided to commit suicide.
He can be revoked from his duty because of that, understand?
You haven't learned much about Panmunjom...
Here, peace lasts long...
by hiding the truth.
What both parties want is the evidence of this investigation has produced nothing.
Therefore they agreed to request that this be investigated by a new girl from NNSC?
The prisoners who chose did not vote for both parties...
really want to go to Sweden or our country Switzerland.
But these two countries, decided to reject the NNSC and divide the country
reject the detainees.
They are returned.
Every time I remember 76 prisoners,
I always ask myself,
how much sense of humanity remains in these two countries.
For you, madam.
Be careful in Switzerland. He wants you to be safe.
Turn off the lights.
I'm sorry for making you come here. I know you are still sick.
My dismissal letter from this JSA case will come out tomorrow night.
I heard about your father.
So you heard that my father was a general in North Korea?
What do you think?
Like a friend.
I still have bruises,
but you are clean.
Your grip must be stronger than Sergeant Oh.
Alright, the actual show starts now.
Look carefully.
When I met Soo Jung, I knew I'd seen it before.
And it's not difficult to recognize who he is.
This is a sketch drawn by Jung Warrior.
And this...
This is an image found in Jung's soldier's body.
If the missing bullets damage the alibi of Nam Nam,
means lost photos,
prove that these four soldiers were friends.
So?
These are two very different reports.
What I choose to report depends on you.
If you tell me the truth,
I will not leave any information for my replacement.
Is this a threat?
This is an agreement.
I don't care whether I will get a medal or will be put in jail.
So what can you offer me,
if I tell you the truth?
Someone you're trying to protect to the end...
Sergeant Oh it's safe.
My friend Choi, please calm down.
I'll explain everything.
What happened here?
Please, put your weapon. You too, Soo Hyuk!
Damn you guys!
I assigned you to watch and you guys messed up with these dolls?
Catch them now!
They came here to discuss to join the North.
I'll take care of everything.
Hey, Jung Woo Jin! This is a direct order.
These bastards are our enemies. Catch them now.
Shoot them!
I will take full responsibility. Do not move!
Do what I say, now!
And I will ignore this betrayal.
Do it now!
My friend Oh, I'm sorry.
Soo Hyuk...
put your weapon.
There is no other way.
Will not.
I will help you join the North.
You can stay with us, okay?
Right?
Put your weapon first and we talk.
Fuck it all!
You know better. This bastard can't be trusted.
You told yourself that he was an ambitious bastard.
He will kill us both and say we have infiltrated enemy territory.
I promise I will protect you.
Do you still not trust me?
Sung Shik, you trust me. Tell him.
Is this a trap?
Soo Hyuk, brother!
Do you remember how my friend Oh saved you from a mine?
Do you remember ‘right?
Please put your weapon, okay?
Damn it!
Fuck brotherhood all this time.
So far, we are still enemies.
You said I was timid, right?
Fine, see if I can kill this bastard or not.
Just look.
Hey, Soo Hyuk!
We will all die with your attitude.
Let's start again from the beginning.
Put your weapons together.
You too, Woo Jin!
Just put your weapon.
Place it.
Something is wrong.
Listen to me.
Say you were kidnapped and you ran away.
You were never here. Understand?
Now leave. There is no more time!
Leave.
Soo Hyuk...
Who is there?
He looks like our person!
Look down!
Soo Hyuk! Soo Hyuk!
Protect us! Damn you guys!
Fast!
Hold your shots!
Stop shooting!
So Soldier Jung spent his birthday with dying and dying...
I don't think about the dead.
Do you think you can forgive Soldier Nam and Sergeant Lee?
Can I have one?
If this happens in a South party post...
I will shoot first.
I heard you were fired.
How do you feel about leaving Panmunjom?
Sergeant Lee was sent to Yongsan Hospital today.
Do you have a message for him?
He chose the right thing.
He said, he would stop smoking.
Do you know about missing bullets?
Sergeant Oh threw it at the dam with the cassette player.
I think I've left a stain on your career.
No problem.
I chose to fail.
Anyway, there is something inconsistent in Sergeant Oh's testimony.
He said Soldier Nam did not kill Jung soldier.
The one who killed him is you.
The event is fast,
You might remember it wrong.
Or Sergeant Oh made a mistake.
But what is the importance of knowing who shot after that?
I hope you get well soon.
Thank you.