KT (2002)

Directed by

Junji Sakamoto

Genre

crime film

Country

South Korea, Japan

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A film about the 1973 kidnapping of a South Korean politician by government agents in Tokyo. It follows the planning and execution of the abduction.

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What happens

KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It is based on the 1983 novel Rachi (also known as The Abduction: The Complete Story of the Kim Dae-jung Incident) by Eisuke Nakazono, which told the story of the kidnapping of politician Kim Dae-jung by agents of military dictator Park Chung Hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days. The title KT means Killing the Target. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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