Silmido (film)

Silmido
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
실미도
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSilmido
McCune–ReischauerSilmido
Directed byKang Woo-suk
Written byKim Hie-jae
Produced byJonathan Kim
Lee Jong-sun
StarringSul Kyung-gu
Ahn Sung-ki
Huh Joon-ho
Jung Jae-young
CinematographyKim Sung-bok
Edited byKo Im-pyo
Music byJo Yeong-wook
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • 24 December 2003 (2003-12-24)
Running time
135 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$8.5 million[1]

Silmido (Korean실미도) 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,[2] 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. The film was both critically well received and a financial success, and was the first film in South Korea to attract a box office audience of over 10 million viewers.

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  2. ^ Choi, Bo-sik (15 January 2004). "A Safecracker Who Stole the Box Office" Archived 2018-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved December 8, 2018.