“A beguiling mix of the generic and the unfamiliar, and it ends on a shot that’s nothing short of heartbreaking.”
—Maitland McDonagh

“Park Chan-wook’s JOINT SECURITY AREA is a fairly straightforward whodunit with a pointedly political theme and an unapologetically humanist message.”
—New York Times

In this nail-bitingly tense early thriller from Park Chan-wook, there has been a double killing of two North Korean soldiers in the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas, and the solution to the mystery keeps unraveling into more unanswered questions.