The Discloser (2018)

Profile

• Movie: The Discloser (English title) / Top Secret (literal title)
• Revised romanization: 1Geubgimil
• Hangul: 1급기밀
• Director: Hong Ki-Seon
• Writer:
• Producer: Shin Byung-Hoon
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: January 24, 2018
• Runtime: 100 min.
• Distributor: Little Big Pictures
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Park Dae-Ik (Kim Sang-Kyung) is a lieutenant colonel and he is assigned to work as the chief in the aircraft component purchasing section for the Ministry of National Defense. One Day, Fighter Pilot Lieutenant Kang Young-Woo comes to him and raises questions about the company supplying components for the fight jets. Park Dae-Ik checks documents and finds that U.S. company Air Star is the sole provider of components. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Kang Young-Woo’s fighter jet crashes. The military brushes over the truth and faults Lieutenant Kang Young-Woo for the crash.

Park Dae-Ik investigates secretly and learns of a deal between the Ministry of National Defense and The Pentagon in the United States. Park Dae-Ik cooperates with Reporter Kim Jung-Sook (Kim Ok-Vin) to reveal the truth.