Jail Breakers (Korean: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah.[2][3] It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.[4]
Jail Breakers | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 광복절 특사 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gwangbokjeol teuksa |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwangbokchŏl t‘ŭksa |
Directed by | Kim Sang-jin |
Written by | Park Jung-woo |
Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok |
Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
Music by | Sohn Moo-hyun |
Production company | Director's Home Pictures |
Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$17,797,711[1] |
Plot
editTwo long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.
Cast
edit- Sol Kyung-gu as Yu Jae-pil
- Cha Seung-won as Choi Mu-seok
- Song Yoon-ah as Han Gyeong-sun
- Kang Sung-jin as Yong Mun-sin
- Kang Shin-il as Prison warden
- Yoo Hae-jin as Police officer
- Lee Hee-do as Director
- Park Jeong-hak as FM
- Jang Tae-sung as Cheol-gu
- Kim Young-woong as Head of academic affairs
Awards and nominations
editYear | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won | [5] |
Best Screenplay | Park Jung-woo | Won | |||
2003 | 39th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Cha Seung-won | Won | |
40th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok | Won | |||
11th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
References
edit- ^ "Gwangbokjeol teuksa (Jail Breakers)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Jail Breakers". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ Elley, Derek (2 December 2002). "Review: Jail Breakers". Variety. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2002". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Jail Breakers (No. 815) - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
External links
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