Shiri (1999)
February 13, 1999Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Han Suk-kyu
Yu Jong-won
Yunjin Kim
Lee Myung-hyun
Choi Min-sik
Park Mu-young
Song Kang-ho
Lee Jang-gil
Yoon Joo-sang
Chief Agent
Park Yong-woo
Eo Seong-sik
Park Eun-sook
Lee Bang-hee
Johnny Kim
Dae-Ho Jung
Jo Deok-hyeon
Lee Won-doo
Kim Soo-ro
Ahn Hyun-chul
Hyo-Seon Jang
Actor
Kim Sang-mi
Soo
Nam Myung-ryeol
Kwan-ho
Hwang Jung-min
Special Investigation Team (cameo)
Ji Dae-han
OP Special Assault Team
Seung-shin Lee
Special Agent, North Korean 8th Squad (uncredited)
Yeo Ho-min
OP Special Assault Team
Lee Kwan-hak
Producer
Park Ji-il
Team Leader, Defense Research Institute
Lee Jong-hyuk
Special Agent, North Korean 8th Squad (uncredited)
Jang Hyun-sung
Special Investigation Team (uncredited)
Lee Pil-mo
Special Agent, North Korean 8th Squad (uncredited)
Son Ho-gyun
Im Bong-ju
Yoo Ha-bok
Bodyguards
Jeong Seung-woo
OP Special Assault Team
Cho Seung-yeon
Special Investigation Team (uncredited)
Yoon Hee-won
OP Special Assault Team
Lee Yoon-geon
OP Task Force Agent
Ha Duk-sung
Dr. Min
Wu Sang-moo
Newspaper collection youth
Han Young-su
OP Agent
Byun Moo-Rim
Producer
Park Gok-ji
Editor
Kang Je-kyu
Screenplay / Director
Lee Dong-jun
Music
Kim Sung-bok
Director of Photography
Park Elhen
Art Direction
Jeong Bong-yeon
Stunts
Kim Min-su
Stunts
Lee Ik-su
Production Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 13, 1999
Original Name쉬리
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingR
Budget$8,500,000
Filming LocationsSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Wiki.
Shiri (Korean: 쉬리; RR: Swiri) is a 1999 South Korean action film, written and directed by Kang Je-gyu.
Shiri was the first Hollywood-style big-budget blockbuster to be produced in the new Korean film industry (i.e. after Korea's major economic boom in the late 1990s). Created as a deliberate homage to the "high-octane" action film made popular by Hollywood through the 1980s, it also contained a story that draws on strong Korean national sentiment to fuel its drama. Much of the film's visual style shares that of the Asian action cinema, and particularly Hong Kong action cinema, of John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and the relentless pace of the second unit directors, like Vic Armstrong and Guy Hamilton, in the James Bond films.The movie was released under the name Shiri outside of South Korea; in South Korea the title was spelled Swiri. The name refers to Coreoleuciscus splendidus, a fish found in Korean fresh-water streams. At one point in the film protagonist Park Mu-young has a monologue wherein he describes how the waters from both North and South Korea flow freely together, and how the fish can be found in either water without knowing to which it belongs. This ties into the film's ambitions to be the first major-release film to directly address the still-thorny issue of Korean reunification.