The Suspect (2013 South Korean film)
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| Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
| Produced by | Yu Jeong-hun Shin Chang-hwan |
| Written by | Im Sang-yoon |
| Starring |
Gong Yoo Park Hee-soon |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
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Greenfish
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| Distributed by | Showbox/Mediaplex |
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Running time
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137 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ~US$9,500,000 |
| Box office | US$21,581,583 |
The Suspect (Hangul: 용의자; RR: Yonguija) is a 2013 South Korean spy-action thriller film starring Gong Yoo, and directed by Won Shin-yun.
Ji Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) was once one of the top special forces agent in North Korea, but after a change in political power, he was abandoned by his government while on a mission. He goes on the run, seeking his wife and daughter who were sold as slaves to China, only to discover their corpses. When he learns that an ex-colleague was behind their deaths, Dong-chul goes on a vendetta for revenge, defecting to the South to chase his family's killer. Now living incognito, he searches for his nemesis during the day, and at night works as a personal chauffeur for Chairman Park, a business executive with ties to Pyongyang. One night the chairman is attacked and killed by an assassin, but not before handing over a special pair of glasses to Dong-chul. The South Korean intelligence service, a member of which frames Dong-chul for the murder, goes on the hunt for the beleaguered former spy. The manhunt is led by Min Se-hoon (Park Hee-soon), a colonel and drill sergeant with whom Dong-chul shares a past, and Kim Seok-ho (Jo Sung-ha), the director of the NIS. Aided by a feisty documentary filmmaker (Yoo Da-in), Dong-chul goes on the run again while trying to recover top-secret materials that his dying boss sent him to find.
Yoon Kye-sang was originally cast in the lead role, but dropped out after co-star Choi Min-sik left the project.
Gong Yoo was eventually cast, and the protagonist's name "Ji Dong-chul" is similar to the actor's birth name, Gong Ji-chul. To create the right physique for his role, Gong went on a diet for three months to reduce his body fat. He learned the Russian martial art Systema for the film's fight scenes, and performed car chases, rock climbing and skydiving at the Han River without using stuntmen.
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