Locked in a fragile détente with its famine-wracked, communist neighbor to the North, South Korea lives in a state of constant national emergency. It is policed by a task force of special agents whose personal lives have withered and died as they root out infiltrators and sleeper agents, rush from crisis to calamity, pursue rumors of war and chase terrorists who vanish like ghosts. One particular phantom, a female North Korean sniper named Hee, has led agents Ryu (Han Suk-Kyu) and Lee (Song Kang-Ho) through a nightmare of burnt corpses and bloody crime scenes for ten years before suddenly vanishing. One year later she resurfaces, and with her comes a squad of North Korean commandos who have infiltrated Seoul and master-minded the theft of an experimental explosive.
A whirlwind of fear and paranoia engulfs the city as civilian targets are bombed and Agents Lee and Ryu chase an enemy who is always one charred and blackened step ahead of them. As Agent Lee is pulled in two directions by his fragile fiancée, Hyun, and the dead-eyed terrorist, Hee, the personal becomes the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the heart become affairs of state.
Trailer:
Title: Shiri Also Known As: 쉬리 / Swiri Country: South Korea Language: Korean Subtitle: English Year: 1999 Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Cast:
Han Suk-Kyu - Yu JongWon
Choi Min-Sik - Park Mu-young
Kim Yunjin - Lee Myung-hyun
Song Kang-Ho - Lee Jang-gil
Park Eun-Suk - Lee Bang-Hee
Hwang Jung-Min - special investigator
Jang Hyun-Sung - special investigator
Kim Su-Ro - Ahn Hyeon-Cheol
Lee Jong-Hyeok
Park Yong-Woo - Lee Seong-Sik
Ji Dae-Han - OP commando
Yeo Ho-Min
Yun Ju-Sang - Ko Jeong-Seok
Jo Deok-Hyeon - Lee Won-Du
Park Ji-Il
Jo Seung-Yeon
Lee Pil-Mo
Kim Sang-Mi
Jung Seong-Woo
Nam Myung-Ryul - Kwon-Ho
Yoo Ha-Bok - bodyguard
Production Credits:
Director: Kang Je-Gyu Writer(s): Kang Je-Gyu, Jeon Yun-Su, Park Moon-Hak, Park Je-Hyeon Producer(s): Lee Kwon-Hak, Lee Seong-Hun, Byeon Mu-Rim