Shiri

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Movie
German title Shiri
Original title 쉬리
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 1999
length 125 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Kang Je-gyu
script Kang Je-gyu
production Byun Moo-rim
Lee Kwan-hak
music Lee Don-jun
camera Kim Sung-bok
cut Park Gok-ji
occupation

other actors in alphabetical order:

Shiri ( kor.  쉬리 ) is a South Korean action film from 1999.

action

In 1992, recruits underwent merciless training to become elite terrorists at a secret North Korean training facility. After that, assassinations of high-ranking politicians and scientists in South Korea pile up . To identify the killer, the South Korean secret service uses investigators Yu Jong-won and Lee Jang-gil. The handwriting of the murders points to the terrorist Lee Ban-hee.

Publications

The film was released in South Korean cinemas on February 13, 1999.

meaning

Shiri is considered to be one of the first and most important films of the New Korean Wave . It is considered the first blockbuster in South Korea. According to Dal Yong Jin, the film distinguishes the portrayal of Korean history in the Hollywood narrative style .

Awards

Asia Pacific Film Festival 1999

  • Best movie
  • Special prize from the jury

Grand Bell Awards , South Korea 1999

Awards of the Japanese Academy 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Shiri at allcinema.net
  2. ^ Dal Yong Jin: Transnational Korean Cinema. Cultural Politics, Film Genres, and Digital Technologies . Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 2020, ISBN 978-1-978807-88-4 , pp. 25 .