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

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring

Sul Kyung-gu Sul Kyung-gu (; born May 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Upon his graduation in 1994, he appeared in numerous theatrical productions, such as the hit Korean adaptation of the German rock musical '' Subway Line 1'', and productions of Sam Shep ...

Cha Seung-won Cha Seung-won (; born June 7, 1970) is a South Korean actor, who began his career as an in-demand model (person), fashion model in the 1990s. Cha achieved stardom through the hit comedy films ''Kick the Moon'' (2001), ''Jail Breakers'' (2002), ' ...

, and Song Yoon-ah. 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 Yoo Jae-pil *

as Choi Moo-seok * Song Yoon-ah as Hahn Kyung-soon *

Kang Sung-jin Kang Sung-jin (born January 13, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Kang acted in the lead role in ''The Humanist'' (2001), ''APT (film), APT'' (2006), ''Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K'' (2007) and ''Life Is Cool (film), Life Is Cool'' (2008). ...

as Yong Moon-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. After graduating with a Theater degree from Seoul Institute of the Arts, he became a member of Theater troupe The Mokwha Repertoire Company. He has established himself as one of the ...

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 roles. Filmography Film Television series References External links

* * * 1980 births Living people 21st-century South ...

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

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