Typhoon (2005)

Profile

Movie: Typhoon
Revised romanization: Taepung
Hangul: 태풍

Director: Kwak Kyung-Taek
Writer: Kwak Kyung-Taek
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: December 14, 2005
Runtime: 124 min
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Sin (Jang Dong Gun, who also played the lead role in “Friend”), a North Korean who as a child attempted to defect to the South with his family but was betrayed, resulting in the deaths of his parents. Plotting genocidal revenge, Sin takes up with a group of Thai pirates, and steals a U.S. ship carrying nuclear devices which have been secretly manufactured in Taiwan . He is pursued by Kang Se Jong (Lee Jeong Jae, also in the 2000 romantic hit “Il Mare”), a naval officer who attempts to bring Sin to justice, though who gradually comes to understand, and even sympathise with his foe.