Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is canceled and the unit terminated.

Silmido (2003)
  • Rating: (2,111 votes)
  • Runtime:135 minutes
  • Director: Woo-Suk Kang
  • Country:South Korea
  • Actors:
    Commandant
    Sung-kee Ahn
    Kang In-chan
    Kyung-gu Sol
    Sergeant Jo
    Jun-ho Heo
    Jae-yeong Jeong
    Seong-jin Kang
    Won-hui Lim
    Shin-il Kang
    Jeong-heon Lee
    Gi-seong Jeong
    Yu-mi Jeong
  • Genres:Action, Drama
  • Producers:
    Woo-Suk Kang
    executive producer  
    Jonathan Kim
    co-producer  
    Thomas Leong
    consulting producer  
    Johnny J PARK
    line producer  
  • Plot: Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated. Written by kwedgwood@hotmail.com
Silmido
  • User's comment:Loyalty and KCIA by Atavisten

    In the 1960s a Korea controlled by its intelligence KCIA (guess where it came from ..) after a North Korean attempt to assassinate the South Korean president Park Chung-hee. South Korea responds by making a special force to kill Kim Il-sung, commander of North Korea. This force is made up of criminals judged to death sentence who get the choice of playing hangman or be in the force.

    What we see from now on is people not treated as people, but are trained as machines of war for one mission which will take their lives in the end. The fact that this is based on a true story is very depressing and even more sadly, not so surprising.

    This film was far superior to the more heroism focused 'Taegukgi' but received far less acclaim in South Korea, understandably so since 'Silmido' is very critical about recent happenings and has a much smaller budget. You on the other hand if given the choice, know what to pick. ;)


  • Also known as: 684 - Unidade de Combate (Brazil), Polemikes mihanes (Greece - DVD title), Silmido - Código de Honra (Portugal - imdb display title),

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