KT (film)

KT
Directed by	Junji Sakamoto
Written by	Haruhiko Arai Eisuke Nakazono
Produced by	Lee Bong-su Yukiko Shii
Starring	Kōichi Satō Kim Kap-soo Choi Il-hwa
Cinematography	Norimichi Kasamatsu
Edited by	Kim Hyeong-ju
Music by	Park Ji-woong
Distributed by	Cinequanon
Release date	May 3, 2002 (2002-05-03)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean Japanese

KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It is based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung Hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days.

The title KT means Killing the Target.

Plot

The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung Hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.

Cast

• Kōichi Satō ... Masuo Tomita
• Kim Kap-soo ... Kim Chang-won
• Choi Il-hwa ... Kim Dae-jung
• Yoshio Harada ... Akikazu Kamikawa
• Michitaka Tsutsui ... Kim Kap-soo
• Yang Eun-yong ... Lee Jeong-mi
• Kim Byung-se ... Kim Jung-won
• Teruyuki Kagawa ...Haruo Satake
• Akira Emoto ... Hiroshi Uchiyama
• Kyoko Enami ... Kab-Soos Mother
• Noboru Hamada ... Minister
• Masahiro Komoto
• Akaji Maro ... Susumu Kawahara
• Ken Mitsuishi ...Yu Chun-seong
• Ryūshi Mizukami
• Nana Nakamoto ... Toshiko Takashima
• Hirochi Oguchi ... Shoichi Tsukada
• Gō Rijū ... Hong Seong-jin
• Kenji Sahara... Minister
• Ken Utsui
• Hōka Kinoshita
• Akira Hamada

External links

• KT at IMDb
• KT at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)