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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Starring Oh Dal-su, Song Kang-ho, Kwak Do-Won. REVIEW "First rate...hit(s) all the right notes" --Variety "Song Kang-ho delivers an arresting performance" --The Hollywood Reporter "Gripping...Superb" --The Philadelphia Inquirer ABOUT THE ACTOR Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theatre groups after graduating from Kimhae High School. Later he joined Kee Kuk-seos influential theatre company with its emphasis on instinctive acting and improvisation which proved Songs training ground. Although regularly approached to act in films, he always turned down the opportunity until taking a role as an extra in Hong Sang-soos The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996) . In the following year, after portraying one of the homeless in Jang Sun-woos docu-drama Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie, he gained cult notoriety for his show-stealing performance in Song Neung-hans No. 3 (1997) as a gangster training a group of young recruits, winning his first Best Actor award. Since that time hes been cast in several supporting roles before his high-profile role as Han Suk-kyus secret agent partner in Kang Jae-gyus blockbuster thriller Swiri (1999) . In early 2000, Song became a star with his first leading role in the box office smash The Foul King, for which he reputedly did most of his own stunts. But it is with his award-winning role as a North Korean sergeant in Joint Security Area, that Song has come to the forefront as one of Koreas leading actors. Song also starred in Park Chan-wooks next feature, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, which centers around a fathers pursuit of his daughters kidnappers. In 2002 Song will be starring in another major production by Myung Film, YMCA Baseball Team, about Koreas first baseball team which formed in the early 20th century. He will also star in the second film by director Bong Joon-ho (Barking Dogs Never Bite) , which is based on a true story about a vicious serial killer. See more

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