''The Classified File'' () is a 2015 South Korean
crime
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drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Kwak Kyung-taek
Kwak Kyung-taek (; born 23 May 1966) is a South Korean film director best known for his 2001 record-breaking film '' Friend''.
Career
''Friend'', a drama where conflicting criminal alliances turn old friends into enemies, set a new Korean bo ...
based on a real-life 33-day kidnapping case in
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea ...
in 1978. It stars
Kim Yoon-seok and
Yoo Hae-jin in the lead roles.
Plot
A young girl named Eun-joo has gone missing in
Pusan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, ...
in 1978. Without any contact from the kidnapper in the past two weeks and no further leads or clues, the police assume that she's dead. Eun-joo's desperate mother turns to renowned fortune-teller Kim Joong-san, who tells her that her daughter is still alive and that she can be saved if they enlist the help of veteran detective Gong Gil-yong. Despite his skepticism, Gil-yong accepts the case. When one of Joong-san's premonitions about the investigation comes true, Gil-yong begins to believe in his psychic abilities, and the two men team up in an unlikely partnership to find Eun-joo and bring her home.
Cast
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Kim Yoon-seok as Gong Gil-yong
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Yoo Hae-jin as Kim Joong-san
*Song Young-chang as Eun-joo's father
*Lee Jung-eun as Eun-joo's mother
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Jang Young-nam as Eun-joo's aunt
*Jang Myeong-gap as Chief Inspector Yoo
*Jung Ho-bin as Seo Jeong-hak
*Jin Sun-mi as Joong-san's wife
*Nam Moon-chul as Chief of Police office
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Lee Jun-hyeok as Mae Seok-hwan
*Yoon Jin-ha as Driver Cheon
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Kim Kwak-kyung-hee as Aunt Park
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Lee Jae-yong
Lee Jae-yong (; born 23 June 1968), known professionally in the West as Jay Y. Lee, is a South Korean business magnate and the
chairman of Samsung Electronics. He is the only son of Hong Ra-hee and Lee Kun-hee, chairman of Samsung until his d ...
as Fortuneteller Baek
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Park Hyo-joo as Gil-yong's wife
Box office
''The Classified File'' was released on June 18, 2015. It opened at second place in the box office, grossing () from 1.17 million admissions in its first four days. By the end of its run, it had grossed () from 2,860,786 admissions.
Awards and nominations
References
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2015 crime drama films
South Korean buddy films
South Korean crime drama films
Crime films based on actual events
Police detective films
2015 films
Films directed by Kwak Kyung-taek
Films about child abduction
Showbox films
Drama films based on actual events
2010s South Korean films