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Joint Security Area

공동경비구역 JSA

2000

After a deadly shooting at the tense border between North and South Korea, a neutral investigator pieces together conflicting accounts and uncovers a secret friendship that crossed the divide. Park Chan-wook's gripping, humane thriller.

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