Jail Breakers (Korean: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sul Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah.[2][3] It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.[4]

Plot

Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.

Cast

  • Sul Kyung-gu as Yu Jae-pil
  • Cha Seung-won as Choi Mu-seok
  • Song Yoon-ah as Han Gyeong-sun
  • Kang Sung-jin as Yong Mun-sin
  • Kang Shin-il as Prison warden
  • Yoo Hae-jin as Police officer
  • Lee Hee-do as Director
  • Park Jeong-hak as FM
  • Jang Tae-sung as Cheol-gu
  • Kwon Tae-won as Prison leader
  • Kim Jae-heum as Work manager
  • Kim Young-woong as Head of academic affairs
  • Jeon Soo-hwan, Seo Jin-won, Shik-sik, Lee Jae-gu, Seo Moon-kyung, Kim Hoon-ho, Seo Han-seung, Park Soon-gap, Jeong Yong-sik, Hwang Ki-won & Won Poong-yeon as Security and correctional officers
  • Kim Hak-gyu as Hak-gyu
  • Kim Wang-geun as Wang-geun
  • Lee Sang-hong as Sang-hong
  • Kim Hyeong-il, Jeong Dong-woo, Lee Jae-seok as Mu-seok Sabang
  • Park Sun-woo & Kim Yun-seong as Ugly tonggyo

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
2002 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Song Yoon-ah Won [5]
Best Screenplay Park Jung-woo Won
2003 39th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor Cha Seung-won Won
40th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actress Song Yoon-ah Won
Best Cinematography Jeong Kwang-seok Won
11th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Supporting Actress Song Yoon-ah Won

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gwangbokjeol teuksa (Jail Breakers)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Jail Breakers". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ Elley, Derek (2 December 2002). "Review: Jail Breakers". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2002". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Jail Breakers (No. 815) - Awards". Cinemasie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jail_Breakers
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