Confidential Assignment
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Hangul | 공조 |
Hanja | 共助 |
Revised Romanization | Gongjo |
McCune–Reischauer | Kongcho |
Directed by | Kim Sung-hoon |
Written by | Yoon Hyun-ho |
Produced by | Yoon Je-kyoon |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae |
Edited by | Lee Jin |
Music by | Hwang Sang-joon |
Production company | JK Film |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$8.52 million[1] |
Box office | US$57 million[2] |
Confidential Assignment (Korean: 공조; Hanja: 共助; RR: Gongjo; lit. Cooperation) is a 2017 South Korean action comedy film directed by Kim Sung-hoon. It stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Joo-hyuk.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In the film, a North Korean officer and a Seoul detective team up to track down a dangerous fugitive, who is running a gang of counterfeiters.
Plot
Im Cheol-ryung, an officer of a special investigation team in North Korea, barges at a warehouse that prints counterfeit money, where he learns that his superior Cha Ki-seong and his own team are there to steal the master plates to print the counterfeit money. A shootout ensues where Cheol-ryung's wife Hwa-ryung and his team are killed, while Cheol-ryung is gravely injured. Meanwhile, the North Korean officials learn that Cha Ki-seong has fled to South Korea, where Cheol-ryung is ordered to capture Ki-seong and retrieve the stolen master plates, and is given only three days to complete his mission.
However, the South Korean officials suspects whether Ki-seong is really a killer, where they assign Detective Kang Jin-tae from Seoul to watch over Cheol-ryung tightly as they suspect him to kill Ki-seong for vengeance. Jin-tae receives Cheol-ryung from the airport, where they head for Myeong-Dong to check on one of Ki-seong's men Park Myung-ho, but Cheol-ryong escapes after learning about Jin-tae's mission. Cheol-ryung arrives at Myeong-Dong to Jongro where Jin-tae also reaches there and interrogates Park, but the latter escapes. After the orders from his superior, Jin-tae takes Cheol-ryung to his home to spy on him. Having guessed the latter's plan, Cheol-ryung removes the SIM card which Jin-tae had inserted in his phone to track his location anytime.
The duo learns about the location where Park was supplying drugs and a fight ensues where Cheol-ryung takes one of the men's phone and gives it to Jin-tae. Cheol-ryung learns about Park's location after secretly bugging Jin-tae's phone. The duo heads to the restaurant where they find that Park is conversing with one of Ki-seong's comrades (who was present at the warehouse). The comrade learns that Park plans to settle in South Korea, where he kills him under Ki-seong's orders. Cheol-ryung arrives and warns Ki-seong of his impending death, where he fights the comrade, who escapes. After checking Park's belongings, the officials learn about Cheol-ryung's mission. Meanwhile, Jin-tae learns about Cheol-ryung's past and decide to help him.
They reach the place where Ki-seong has arranged a deal to sell the plates, but Ki-seong kills the buyer where Cheol-ryung arrives and kills the henchmen where he is about Ki-seong, but Jin-tae stops him which gives time for Ki-seong to escape. Cheol-ryung takes the master plates and leaves. However, Ki-seong kidnaps Jin-tae's family and demands the plates. A frightened Jin-tae tells Cheol-ryung, where he takes the plates and heads to the location. Jin-tae and Cheol-ryung arrives and gives the plates to Ki-seong, who leaves Jin-tae's family where Jin-tae takes his family to a safe place. A battle ensues where Cheol-ryung and Jin-tae manages to kill Ki-seong. One year later, Cheol-ryung and Jin-tae receive their next mission.
Cast
- Hyun Bin as Im Cheol-ryung
- Yoo Hae-jin as Kang Jin-tae
- Kim Joo-hyuk as Cha Ki-seong
- Jang Young-nam as Park So-yeon
- Im Yoon-ah as Park Min-young
- Lee Dong-hwi as Park Myung-ho
- Oh Eui-shik as Lee Dae-pal
- Kong Jung-hwan as Sung-kang
- Lee Hae-young as Chief Pyo
- Park Min-ha as Kang Yeon-ah
- Jun Gook-hwan as Won Hyung-sool
- Um Hyo-sup as Chairman Yoon
- Lee Yi-kyung as Lee Dong-hoon
- Shin Hyun-bin as Hwa-ryung
- Park Jin-woo as Jang Chil-bok
- Park Hyung-soo as National Intelligence Service executive
- Kim Jun-han as NIS agent
- Eum Moon-suk as Troops #4
Reception
Confidential Assignment opened in second place at the box office on January 18. It rose to first place in its second week selling an accumulative 4 million tickets by January 30 and surpassed the 5 million mark two days later.[10][11][12][13]
The movie became the most viewed Korean movie during the first half of 2017 by attracting 7.8 million audience locally. However, this record was surpassed in August by A Taxi Driver.[14]
International
Confidential Assignment was sold to 42 territories, including the U.S. and several countries in Asia.[15][16]
- In US on January 27, 2017
- In Canada on February 3
- In Australia and New Zealand on February 9
- In Hong Kong and Macao on February 16
- In Taiwan on February 17
- In Vietnam on March 3
- In Thailand on April 13
- In India on November 25
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | [17] | |
Most Popular Actress | Won | ||||
Korean Film Shining Star Awards | Newcomer Award: Best New Actress | Won | [18] | ||
Best Director | Won | ||||
Fantasia International Film Festival | Action! Award | Confidential Assignment
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Won | [19] | |
22nd Busan International Film Festival | Marie Claire Asia Star Awards: Rising Star Award | Won | |||
1st The Seoul Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | [20][21][22] | ||
Most Popular Actress | Won | ||||
Best New Actress | Nominated | ||||
54th Grand Bell Awards | Nominated | [23] | |||
38th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Nominated | [24] | |||
Best Film Editing | Confidential Assignment
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Nominated | |||
1st Marianas International Film Festival in Saipan | Best Popular Asian Actress | Won | [25] | ||
6th Korea Top Star Awards | Popular Star Award | Won | [26] | ||
2018 | 12th Asian Film Awards | Best Newcomer | Nominated | [27] | |
AFA Next Generation Award | Won | [28] | |||
13th University Film Festival of Korea | Best Actress Award | Won | [29] |
Sequel
Confidential Assignment 2: International, a sequel was announced on August 24, 2020.[30][31] Filming started on February 18, 2021[32][33] and was released on September 7, 2022.
References
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- ^ Conran, Pierce. "Hyun Bin Sets COOPERATION as Next Project". Korean Film Biz Zone. Korean Film Council. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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- ^ "Kim Joo-hyuk's Unforgettable On-Screen Appearances | Viu". Viu. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "'The King' opens at No. 1 beating 'Confidential Assignment'". The Korea Herald. Herald Corporation. January 19, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ Yoon, Sang-geun. '공조' 누적관객 400만 돌파..설 연휴만 193만 '더킹' 넘나. Naver (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Jie, Ye-eun. "'Confidential Assignment' surpasses 5m mark". Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ "Comedy-action film 'Confidential Assignment' attracts 5 mln viewers". Yonhap News. Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ "A Taxi Driver' surpasses 8 mln in attendance, becoming most-viewed film this year". Yonhap News Agency. August 15, 2017.
- ^ "Confidential Assignment (공조)". CJ Entertainment USA. CJ E&M Corp. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 January 2017). "South Korean Film 'Confidential Assignment' Sells to Multiple Territories". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Herald, The Korea (2017-05-04). "'Guardian,' 'The Handmaiden' win big at Baeksang Awards". Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ 김윤진·장혁부터 도경수까지...한국영화를 빛낸 ★들 [종합] (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ "'Confidential Assignment' wins best action award at Fantasia Festival". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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- ^ Bae Hyo-joo (August 24, 2020). "현빈X유해진 '공조2'서 만날까 "제안 받고 검토 중"(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved January 24, 2021.
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