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

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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