The Spies (2012 film)

The Spies
The Spies
	Promotional poster for The Spy
Korean name
Hangul	간첩
Revised Romanization	Gancheop
McCune–Reischauer	Kanch'ŏp
Directed by	Woo Min-ho
Written by	Woo Min-ho
Produced by	Chun Seung-chul ; Kim Yong-chae
Starring	Kim Myung-min; Yum Jung-ah; Byun Hee-bong; Jung Gyu-woon; Yoo Hae-jin
Cinematography	Kim Hak-soo
Edited by	Kim Chang-ju
Music by	Jo Yeong-wook
Production; company	Woollim
Distributed by	Lotte Entertainment
Release date	September 20, 2012;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$8.3 million

The Spies (Korean: 간첩; RR: Gancheop), also known as The Spy, is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Kim Myung-min, Yum Jung-ah, Byun Hee-bong, Jung Gyu-woon, Yoo Hae-jin and directed by Woo Min-ho. It is about North Korean undercover spies living mundane lives in South Korea.^[2] The film was released on September 20, 2012, and attracted 1,310,895 admissions nationwide.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Section chief Kim (Kim Myung-min) was dispatched to South Korea 22 years ago to spy for the North Korean government. But spying is not his job anymore, or at least, it's not what he does in daily life. Now, Kim makes a living by selling fake Viagra pills smuggled from China and returns home every night to his wife and two loving children.

When Kim unexpectedly receives an assassination order from his boss (Yoo Hae-jin), he gathers his teammates which consist of assistant manager Kang (Yum Jung-ah), a single mother and real estate agent, adviser Yoon (Byun Hee-bong), a retired senior citizen who specializes in making forged IDs, and assistant manager Woo (Jung Gyu-woon), a farmer whose expertise lies on hacking computers. Although these four people no longer want to be part of the assassination coup, they have no choice but to follow the order.

While performing a reconnaissance routine, Kim enters the residence of their target as a cable repairman and notices a large safe in one of the rooms. Later, he meets his fellow spies and devises a secondary plan to steal the safe's money. No one knows if they will actually be able to get hold of the money as they in turn have become the target of the South Korean government.^[5]

Cast

Kim Myung-min – Section chief Kim
Yum Jung-ah – Assistant manager Kang
Byun Hee-bong – Adviser Yoon
Jung Gyu-woon – Assistant manager Woo
Yoo Hae-jin – Department head Choi
Jung Man-sik – NIS section chief
Chun Bo-geun – Kim's son
Oh Na-ra
Kim Jin-hee
Oh Kwang-rok – man on bench (cameo)

References

^ "The Spy (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
^ Park, Eun-jee (21 September 2012). "The Spy, Covertness offer different takes on espionage". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "The Spy (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
^ "Korean Box Office". Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
^ "2012.9.28 NOW Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

Official website (in Korean)
The Spy at HanCinema
The Spy at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
The Spies at IMDb

[1] "The Spy (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-04-27.

[2] Park, Eun-jee (21 September 2012). "The Spy, Covertness offer different takes on espionage". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "The Spy (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-15.

[4] "Korean Box Office". Hancinema. Retrieved 2013-04-27.

[5] "2012.9.28 NOW Playing". Korea JoongAng Daily. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-17.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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