Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers
Jail Breakers
	Theatrical release poster
Hangul	광복절 특사
Hanja	光復節特赦
RR	Gwangbokjeol teuksa
MR	Kwangbokchŏl t'ŭksa
Directed by	Kim Sang-jin
Written by	Park Jung-woo
Produced by	Kang Woo-suk
Starring	Sul Kyung-gu; Cha Seung-won; Song Yoon-ah;
Cinematography	Jeong Kwang-seok
Edited by	Ko Im-pyo
Music by	Sohn Moo-hyun
Production; company	Director's Home Pictures
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date	November 21, 2002;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$17.8 million

Jail Breakers (Korean: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin, and starring Sul Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won, and Song Yoon-ah. It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.

Plot

Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.

Cast

Sul Kyung-gu as Yoo Jae-pil
Cha Seung-won as Choi Moo-seok
Song Yoon-ah as Hahn Kyung-soon
Kang Sung-jin as Yong Moon-sin
Kang Shin-il as Prison warden
Yoo Hae-jin as Police officer
Lee Hee-do as Director
Park Jeong-hak as FM
Jang Tae-sung as Cheol-gu
Kim Young-woong as Head of academic affairs

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result
2002	23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Song Yoon-ah	Won
2002	23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Park Jung-woo	Won
2003	39th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor	Cha Seung-won	Won
	40th Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Song Yoon-ah	Won
	40th Grand Bell Awards	Best Cinematography	Jeong Kwang-seok	Won
	11th Chunsa Film Art Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Song Yoon-ah	Won

References

↑ "Gwangbokjeol teuksa (Jail Breakers)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ Paquet, Darcy. "Jail Breakers". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ Elley, Derek (2 December 2002). "Review: Jail Breakers". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ "The Best Selling Films of 2002". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
↑ "Jail Breakers (No. 815) - Awards". Cinemasie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

External links

Jail Breakers at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Jail Breakers at IMDb
Jail Breakers at HanCinema

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[1] "Gwangbokjeol teuksa (Jail Breakers)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[2] Paquet, Darcy. "Jail Breakers". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[3] Elley, Derek (2 December 2002). "Review: Jail Breakers". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[4] "The Best Selling Films of 2002". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[5] "Jail Breakers (No. 815) - Awards". Cinemasie. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.