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National Security

남영동1985

2012 · 1h 46m · Drama, Thriller · South Korea · Rated 15 (KR)

For the sake of my country.

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.

Directed by
Chung Ji-young
Written by
Chung Ji-young, Jeong Sang-hyeop
Starring
Park Won-sang, Lee Kyung-young, Dong Bang-woo, Kim Eui-sung
6.3Smart score

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1980sbased on true storydemocratization movementseoul, south koreatorturetorture chamber
Rating15 (KR)

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