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A Most Wanted Man
Why this pick
Like The Spy Gone North, it finds suspense in patient intelligence work, shifting allegiances and morally compromised institutions rather than action set pieces.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ju Ji-hoon
Jong Moo-taek
Kim Eung-soo
Director Kim
Choi Byung-mo
Congressman Yoo
Park Sung-woong
Han Chang-joo
Lee Hyo-ri
Herself
Geum Sae-rok
Hwang Jung-min
Park Suk-young / Black Venus
Ki Joo-bong
Kim Jung-il