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Swiri
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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   4,140 votes
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Director:
Je-gyu Kang
Writer:
Je-gyu Kang (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 February 1999 (South Korea) more
Plot:
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijacks a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens... more | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent action and violent Korean film more (85 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Suk-kyu Han ... Jong Won Yu
Min-sik Choi ... Mu-young Park

Yunjin Kim ... Myung-hyun Lee / Bang-hee Lee (as Yoon-jin Kim)
Kang-ho Song ... Jang-gil Lee
Johnny Kim ... Dae-Ho Jung (as Derek Kim)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeong-min Hwang
Hyeong-seong Jang
Su-ro Kim
Seung-Shin Lee
Yong-woo Park ... Sik
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shiri (Hong Kong: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
Runtime:
125 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
German film fans were astonished when this film passed the ratings board FSK (known for its extensive dislike of excessive violence) uncut with a "Not under 16" rating. It was expected that the film would not get a rating at all and had to go for a JK approval from SPIO (Head organization of German film business). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Choi Min-sik (actor Mu-young Park) keeps using the term "Nam Han" (which translates to 'South Korea') instead of the term "Nam Chosun" (which translates to 'South Chosun' - a term used by North Koreans) more
Soundtrack:
Mack the Knife more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent action and violent Korean film, 20 July 2004
7/10
Author: ma-cortes from Santander Spain

It's a cool movie. Since the start until the end the action is unstoppable.

The flick talks upon counter-terrorism outfit that has to fight against a murderous terrorist group by means of explosive liquid with the aim to blow up a soccer stadium and getting the unification Korea.

The movie has a John Woo style ,there are amount shoot-outs, frenetic action and running man while they are shooting.

The film blends action packed, rip roaring,love ,betray, drama,violence and is quite entertaining.

The movie will like to action lovers and Hong Kong films, it's very spectacular ,it's a film for adrenaline lovers.

Rating :7/10 good

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