Silmido

"A Forbidden History Now Breaks It Deep Silence."
Audience Score
71
Silmido
NR 2 hr 15 minAction, Drama
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.
DirectorKang Woo-suk
WriterKim Hee-jae

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$8,000,000
Original Language:Korean
Production Companies:Hanmac Films, Cinema Service
Movie Tags:spy, prison, island