TITLE DVD Cover Silmido (The Basters) Year Duration Color 2003 133 min color Format Romance Drama 16x9 Anamorphic Action Drama SRP UPC CAT No. Carton Qty $24.98 825307929799 PH-92979 30 Studio Media Format Pathfinder Home Ent.. DVD-9 Order Date Sale Date Director Oct 16, 2012 Nov 13, 2012 Woo-suk Kang Language Rating Cast Korean w. ON/OFF Eng. subs NR Sung-kee Ahn, Kyung-gu Soi, Jun-ho Heo Synopsis January 1968, 31 members of North Korean Special Unit 124 infiltrated South Korea with the ultimate mission of attacking the Blue House (Presidential Palace in Korea) and assassinating President Additional Information PARK Chung-hee. Silmido is a movie about passing the point A gritty, realistic portrayal of war and its casualties. In 1968, After of no return. This film is not your ordinary stopping a team of North Korean assassins, South Koreans decided testosterone filled boot camp movie. to form their own group of assassins, straight from the dregs of - Japan Cinema society. The mission, to kill Kim Il-Sung, the then North Korean leader. These men endured the hellish training. However, the "Intense, violent... Korea's answer to The changes in political climate and the detente between North and Dirty Dozen. " South Korea made these men a liability - their government turned - Super Reviewer them into killers, then abandoned them. A superb drama of individuals caught in the maelstrom of politics and history. "Emotionally intense..." -Variety "The crackerjack direction of Kang Woo-suk keeps the pace lively enough to overlook the on-screen brutality." -Media Circus Special Features & Extras 16 x 9 Anamorphic Video. Korean with ON/OFF subtitles. Trailer..