KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It is based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung-hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days.
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Directed by | Junji Sakamoto |
Written by | Haruhiko Arai Eisuke Nakazono |
Produced by | Lee Bong-su Yukiko Shii |
Starring | Kōichi Satō Kim Kap-soo Choi Il-hwa |
Cinematography | Norimichi Kasamatsu |
Edited by | Kim Hyeong-ju |
Music by | Park Ji-woong |
Distributed by | Cinequanon |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Japanese |
The title KT means Killing the Target.[1]
The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung-hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.