Silmido (2003)

A Forbidden History Now Breaks It Deep Silence.

• Action
• Drama

On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. 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. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.

Rating

7.1 / 10 (138 votes)

Release date

December 24, 2003

Runtime

2h 15m

Language

Korean

Director

Kang Woo-suk

Status

Released