The Spy (2012 South Korean film)

For the 2012 Russian film, see Spy (2012 Russian film).
The Spy

Promotional poster for The Spy
Hangul 간첩
Revised Romanization Gancheop
McCune–Reischauer Kanch'ŏp
Directed by Woo Min-ho
Produced by Chun Seung-chul
Kim Yong-chae
Written by Woo Min-ho
Starring Kim Myung-min
Yum Jung-ah
Byun Hee-bong
Jung Gyu-woon
Yoo Hae-jin
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography Kim Hak-soo
Edited by Kim Chang-ju
Production
company
Woollim
Distributed by Lotte Entertainment
Release dates
  • September 20, 2012
Running time
 115 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$8,304,356[1]

The Spy (Hangul: 간첩; RR: Gancheop), also known as The Spies, is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Kim Myung-min, Yum Jung-ah, Byun Hee-bong, Jung Gyu-woon, Yoo Hae-jin and directed by Woo Min-ho. It is about North Korean undercover spies living mundane lives in South Korea.[2] The film was released on September 20, 2012 and ran for 115 minutes.[3] It attracted 1,310,895 admissions nationwide.[4]

Plot

Section chief Kim (Kim Myung-min) was dispatched to South Korea 22 years ago to spy for the North Korean government. But spying is not his job anymore, or at least, it’s not what he does in daily life. Now, Kim makes a living by selling fake Viagra pills smuggled from China and returns home every night to his wife and two loving children.

When Kim unexpectedly receives an assassination order from his boss (Yoo Hae-jin), he gathers his teammates which consist of assistant manager Kang (Yum Jung-ah), a single mother and real estate agent, adviser Yoon (Byun Hee-bong), a retired senior citizen who specializes in making forged IDs, and assistant manager Woo (Jung Gyu-woon), a farmer whose expertise lies on hacking computers. Although these four people no longer want to be part of the assassination coup, they have no choice but to follow the order.

While performing a reconnaissance routine, Kim enters the residence of their target as a cable repairman and notices a large safe in one of the rooms. Later, he meets his fellow spies and devises a secondary plan to steal the safe’s money. No one knows if they will actually be able to get hold of the money as they in turn have become the target of the South Korean government.[5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "The Spy (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  2. ↑ Park, Eun-jee (21 September 2012). "‘The Spy,’ ‘Covertness’ offer different takes on espionage". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
  3. ↑ "The Spy (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  4. ↑ "Korean Box Office". Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  5. ↑ "2012.9.28 NOW Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-17.

External links