| Dong-Kun Jang | ... | SIn | |
| Jung-Jae Lee | ... | Gang Se-jong | |
| Mi-youn Lee | ... | Choi Myeong-ju | |
| David Lee McInnis | ... | Somchai (as David McInnis) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John David Dix | ... | (voice) | |
| David No | ... | Leather Jacket | |
| Chatthapong Pantanaunkul | ... | Toto | |
Directed by | |||
| Kyung-Taek Kwak | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Kyung-Taek Kwak | writer | |
Cinematography by | |||
| Kyung-Pyo Hong | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Simon K. Park | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Chang-gil Gang | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Seo-young Kim | .... | makeup artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tae-young Choi | .... | sound | |
| In-gyu Lee | .... | sound | |
| Jun-o Park | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Kang Sung-Uk | .... | visual effects | |
| Danyo Donghyun Yoon | .... | pre-visualization artist | |
Music Department | |||
| Simon Leadley | .... | scoring engineer | |
Other crew | |||
| Winston Emano | .... | publicist | |
| David Magdael | .... | publicist | |
| Anne Stulz | .... | publicist | |
| Steven Wallace | .... | publicist | |
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Many of the tearjerkers and romantic dramas by Korean film-makers have definitely been appealing to many Asian movie fans. Winter Sonata, Autumn Fairy Tale, Lovers in Paris, First Kiss, just to name a few. Koran actors and actresses appeared in those movies have enthusiastically been accepted in Japan, Hongkong, China, Singapore and in other Asian countries. Jiwoo Choi, Yongjun Bae, Hyegyo Song, Bin Won, Jeongeun Kim, Shinyang Park, Jaewook Ahn, Byunghun Lee are such celebrities, or rather, idols in those countries.
Bun it's quite a different story in the U.S., where 'a man carrying a big stick' is respected. They don't go much for some ticklish romantic episodes played by Asian performers.
Typhoon is an answer to this situation. It has daring hoopla, alertness, conspiracy, betrayal, red-blooded revenge and heartbreaking family tragedy stemming from the tragedy of divided two Koreas. For Dongkun Jang, a North Korean escapee as a child, politics has no meaning at all. His parents were killed when his family were escaping from North Korea to South Korea seeking freedom, by way of China. He and his sister survived the massacre by the North Koreans, but separated---separated for 20 years. All he wants is to find his sister and save her from the hand of North Korean and Chinese 'bandits'. Any means justifies the end for him. He would gladly steal secret weapon from South Korea and the U.S. to trade his sister with it.
His wrath and fury was well and timely expressed in his retort to his opponent: "Comrade, have you ever eaten human flesh?" Jungjae Lee, South Korean navy officer, has a mission to stop him and retrieve the weapon from his hand. Inevitably, the two has the fate to tackle with each other. But Jungjae Lee feels for him and says: "Tonight we will fight to the death, but in another life I would have liked to have been his friend." All the emotions and feelings are melted down to the electrifying scene when Dongkun Jang finally meets his sister and shouts: "(20 years ago) Didn't I tell you to just stay where you were!" Tight and tighter embraces follow.
Fast change of sequences, realistic plot, almost zero-defect photography, compact movements of actors, especially those by Dongkun Jang and Jungjae Lee. Hey, you both are great, Jang and Lee! Not many goofs could be found in this film.