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Silmido (Korean: 실미도) is a 2003 South Korean action drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It is based on the 1999 novel Silmido by Baek Dong-ho, which in turn is based on the true story of Unit 684. Some parts of the film are dramatizations, as the actual details of certain events remain unknown.
Dec 24, 2003 · Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated.
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- Action, Drama
- Kang Woo-suk
- 2003-12-24
A group of death-row inmates are trained on the island of Silmido with the mission of assassinating the North Korean leader, but then they are never sent and get...
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- Panos Kotzathanasis
- Action, Drama
- Kang Woo-Suk
Dec 24, 2003 · In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated.
In 1968, a North Korean special unit infiltrated South Korea to assassinate South Korea president PARK Jeong-hee. The mission failed, but it shocked the South Korea government, which decided to set up a special unit consisting of criminals to make human killing machines with the mission of assassinating the North Korea leader, KIM Il-sung, for ...
The true story of a motley crew of South Korean prisoners and death row inmates taken to the island of Silmido to be trained to assassinate North Korean President Kim Il-sung in response to a failed operation from North Korean soldiers to take out South Korea’s President in 1968.
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Comedy. In 1968, the South Korean government recruits 31 criminals to train for a secret mission to kill North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. The convicts,...
