A member of Coast Guard Platoon 23, Private Kang monitors a high-infiltration stretch of beach lined with barbed-wire fencing. Driven by the belief that killing a spy is the highest honor, he waits for a chance to prove his worth.
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Title: The Coast Guard (2002)
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| Jang Dong-Gun | ... | Kang Sang-byeong | |
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Jeong-hak Kim | ... | Kim Sang-byeong |
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Ji-a Park | ... | Mi-yeong |
| Hae-Jin Yoo | ... | Cheol-gu (as Hae-jin Yoo) | |
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Jin Jeong | ||
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Gu-taek Kim | ||
| Kang-woo Kim | |||
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Yun-jae Park | ||
| Kim Tae-Woo | |||
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Yeong-jae Kim | ||
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Mi-seong Kim | ||
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Choe Min | ... | Provost Marshal (as Choi Min) |
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Sang-ok Park | ||
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At South Korea's border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. PFC Kang and his friend Private Kim are on patrol when drinking youths jeer them. Two nights later, Kang follows orders, opening fire at a person who has infiltrated the border zone. It proves to be a young man, one from the earlier encounter, on a drunken tryst with his girlfriend, Mi-yeong. Kang is commended, yet horrified. Mi-yeong is unhinged. Kim tries to hold onto friendship, duty, and his humanity. While Kang retreats into bizarre behavior and violence, Mi-yeong becomes easy prey to soldiers. Sickness is all. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Rated R for strong violence, a graphic sex scene and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
22 November 2002 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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When an overzealous Korean Coast Guard soldier kills a local civilian at night when the civilian is in a restricted area, the officials give him a seven-day pass and he begins his descent into madness. Coincidentally, it's about that time that the movie begins its descent into absurdity.
Also the girlfriend of the slain punk quickly becomes a Korean Ophelia with no real Hamlet.
I'm not sure of Korean military regulations but I've never seen so many superior officers slapping, punching and kicking their subordinates. Whenever the superiors are outraged they also take it out on the entire platoon by having them run in the sea (mostly shirtless) and roll around in the mud.
I'm not so sure that this was a movie as much as it was some paramilitary fetishists idea of a porno.