Typhoon (2005)

Original title

태풍

Directed by

Kwak Kyung-taek

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

G

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A North and South Korean refugee becomes a pirate and plots a devastating attack on both Koreas. A naval officer is sent to stop him before his plan unfolds.

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What happens

Typhoon (Korean: 태풍; RR: Taepung) is a 2005 South Korean action film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek and starring Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jung-jae, and Lee Mi-yeon. Jang plays a vengeful refugee-turned-pirate who plans a massive attack on North and South Korea. A top South Korean naval officer (Lee Jung-jae) is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him. Typhoon was the highest budget South Korean film at the time, with a budget of over 15 million dollars, or about 17 billion won. The film was shot in three countries: South Korea, Thailand, Russia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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