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A Self-Righteous Man

Dir. Ki-pung Choi·1988·1h 42m

As the tragic war of fratricide is drawing to a close, a special agent nicknamed Dokbul, Kang Cheol-gu, is given an intelligence mission to identify and confirm the enemy's unusual movements. While on a mission, Cheol-gu infiltrates the enemy's camp alone and accidentally witnesses a bloody scene of massacre of civilians. He saves the only survivor, Hwang No-in, and is hinted that the enemy's plot is very dangerous. Cheol-gu approaches Mi-young, a People's Army nurse, to extract information, but is exposed to the enemy and escapes a crisis after a fierce battle. In the end, thanks to Cheol-gu's persistence, Mi-young realizes the illusion of the liberation struggle they are calling for, and transforms into Cheol-gu's collaborator to stop their horrific plot, germ warfare, and carries out the mission. However, the result of this tragic war is only futility. A war of illusions where more is lost than gained, and in the end, even the nickname Dokbul sheds hot tears.

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A Self-Righteous Man (1988)

Ki-pung Choi

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1h 42m
Cross-source blend ~90/100

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South Korea

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90/100 blend

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Warm reception overall — weighted ~90/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Jeon Young-rok

Kang Cheol-gu, the lone general

Kwon Jae-hee

Mi-young, a nurse in the People's Army

Hwang Hae

Hwang No-in

Lee Dong-jun

the head of the operation team

Jin Bong-jin

Oh Hyun-soo

Se-hyeok Jeong

Park Dong-ryong

the special forces

Jang Jeong-kuk

the special forces

Ju Sang-ho

Kil Da-Ro

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