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R-Point [2004]

Country of Origin: South Korea
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 106 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: C And Film
Executive Producer: Yun-hyeon Jang
Producer: Kang-hyeok Choi

SCRIPT
Script: Su-chang Kong

DIRECTION
Director: Su-chang Kong

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Hyeong-jing Seok

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Na-yeong Nam

LOCATIONS
Locations: Cambodia

CAST
Woo-seong Kam [Choi Tae-in]
Byung-ho Son
Tae-kyung Oh
Won-sang Park
Seon-gyun Lee
Nae-sang Ahn
Byeong-cheol Kim
Kyeong-ho Jeon
Yeong-dong Mun

SUMMARY

At the tail end of the Vietnam War a group of South Korean soldiers are sent to the isolated Romeo Point where a platoon of Korean troop shave been missing for six months. On arrival the platoon make a series of puzzling discoveries, including the fact that one of their number is in fact one of the men they're looking for...

AVAILABILITY

South Korea
Theatrical Distributors: Cinema Service

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

South Korea
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

2004
February

9: South Korea - filming begins

May
29: South Korea - filming ends

2004
August

13: South Korea - theatrical release

2005
March

14: Belgium - shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

April
22: Poland - theatrical release

LINKS

WEB LINKS
Official Site

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Screen International no.1470 [1 October 2004] pp.17-18 [UK]
illustrated preview

Sight and Sound vol.15 no.1 [January 2005] p.10 [UK]
illustrated note [Pusan report: Licking the screen by Roger Clarke]

Variety 29 November 2004 [USA]
credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

ghosts, military, vietnam war

 


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