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Ransomed
Sign in to saveRansomed () is a 2023 South Korean action thriller film directed by Kim Seong-hun, starring Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon. It is based on the 1986 kidnapping of a South Korean diplomat in Lebanon. The film was released theatrically on August 2, 2023. It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Korean Cinema Today - Panorama' section and was screened on October 5, 2023.
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6.7In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.
Cast
- Ha Jung-woo as Lee Min-jun
- Ju Ji-hoon as Kim Pan-su
- Lim Hyung-kook as Oh Jae-seok
- Kim Eung-soo as Director
- Kim Jong-soo as Minister Choi
- Park Hyuk-kwon as Manager Park
Themes
- diplomat
- taxi driver
- rescue mission
- 1980s
- lebanon
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
1,774 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Korean
- Director
- Kim Seong-hun
- Cast member
- Marcin Dorociński
- Narrative location
- Beirut
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- title
- 비공식작전
- publication date
- 2023-08-02
- set in period
- 1987
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ransomed () is a 2023 South Korean action thriller film directed by Kim Seong-hun, starring Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon. It is based on the 1986 kidnapping of a South Korean diplomat in Lebanon. The film was released theatrically on August 2, 2023. It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Korean Cinema Today - Panorama' section and was screened on October 5, 2023.
==Premise== Set in 1987, the film revolves around diplomat Lee Min-jun and local taxi driver Kim Pan-su who went to Lebanon to rescue a missing colleague. At the time, the Chun Doo-hwan government was covering it up to avoid bad press for the upcoming 1987 South Korean presidential election and the bid for 1988 Summer Olympics. The ransom asked by the terrorists was 2.5 million U.S. dollars. The public will not know the full details until declassification in 2047.
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