''Jail Breakers'' () is a 2002 South Korean

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring

Sol Kyung-gu Sol Kyung-gu (born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in ''Public Enemy'' film series, ''Peppermint Candy'', ''Oasis'', '' Silmido'', ''Hope'' and '' The Merciless''. Career Sol was born in Seocheon on May 1, 1 ...

, Cha Seung-won and

Song Yoon-ah Song Yoon-ah (Korean: 송윤아, born June 7, 1973) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in the film '' Jail Breakers'' (2002), as well as the television dramas ''Hotelier'' (2001), '' On Air'' (2008), ''Mama'' (2014), ''The ...

. It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.

Plot

Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a

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on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.

Cast

as Yu Jae-pil * Cha Seung-won as Choi Mu-seok *

as Han Gyeong-sun * Kang Sung-jin as Yong Mun-sin *

Kang Shin-il Kang Shin-il (born November 26, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Kang graduated from Kyung Hee University with a degree in electronic engineering, but he soon put aside his studies and spent most of his time in Daehangno, Seoul's theater district ...

as Prison warden *

Yoo Hae-jin Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Career As a child, Yoo Hae-jin would often slip in through the backdoor of a cultural center near his home to watch events that were being held there. After seeing a play in eighth gra ...

as Police officer * Lee Hee-do as Director * Park Jeong-hak as FM *

Jang Tae-sung Jang Tae-sung (born September 27, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He has mostly played supporting role A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protago ...

as Cheol-gu * Kim Young-woong as Head of academic affairs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * 2002 films 2000s Korean-language films South Korean buddy comedy films 2010s buddy comedy films Films directed by Kim Sang-jin (film director) South Korean films remade in other languages 2010s South Korean films 2000s South Korean films {{SouthKorea-film-stub