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[email protected] Prologue “It's said that during the Cold War, 6 out of 10 people walking the streets of Berlin were spies. Although that crushing period has passed, I feel that tragic history still hanging in the air. I wanted to tell a story about human beings who are defined by dangerous secrets bigger than their own lives.” - Writer/Director RYOO Seung-wan - General Information Title The Berlin File (Original title:베를린 Be-reul-lin) Genre Action, Thriller, Drama Language Korean, English, German Running Time 120 mins Rating NR not rated by the MPAA (US Rating) Original release rated 15+ Director RYOO Seung-wan Writer RYOO Seung-wan Cast HA Jung-woo HAN Suk-kyu RYOO Seung-bum Gianna JUN (a.k.a. JUN Ji-hyun) Production Film R&K Pictures Distribution CJ Entertainment US Release date February 15, 2012 Korea Release date January 31, 2012 Synopsis A tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel descends into sudden mayhem after a “ghost” agent named Jong-seong (HA Jung-woo) appears on the scene. Secretly watching the deal go down is embattled South Korean intelligence chief Jin-soo (HAN Suk-Kyu), the North Koreans and the US CIA, who are all left trying to decode whether the ghost is a double- agent or taking the fall for a more insidious plot. Myung-soo (RYOO Seung-bum) a young but notorious North Korean agent jumps into these treacherous waters to investigate loyalties of all involved and begins to implicate Jong-seong’s wife, Jung-hee (Gianna JUN), a translator at the North Korean embassy in the German capital.