National Security (2012)

Name: National Security
Director: Chung Ji-young
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2012-11-22
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Cast: Park Won-sang, Lee Kyung-young, Dong Bang-woo, Kim Eui-sung

Drama History

Director: Chung Ji-young

Cast: Park Won-sang, Lee Kyung-young, Dong Bang-woo, Kim Eui-sung

Runtime106 min

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On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.

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Fans of gritty, true-life political dramas will appreciate the raw intensity and emotional weight of National Security (2012), directed by Chung Ji-young. The film's powerful performances, particularly from lead actor Park Won-sang, bring to life the harrowing real-life story of democratic activist Kim Jong Tae's 22-day torture ordeal at the hands of ruthless interrogators.

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National Security is a 2012 South Korean biographical drama film based on the memoir by Kim Geun-tae, a democracy activist who was kidnapped and tortured by national police inspector Lee Geun-an for 22 days in 1985 during the Chun Doo-hwan regime.