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* ThePlace: The Joint Security Area of the Korean DMZ, the one place where the two opposing forces come in contact.
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* CallBack: One of the other South Korean soldiers in Soo-hyeok's unit talks about what a badass he is, and says how one time when he was out on patrol in the DMZ he stepped on a land mine but disarmed it himself. A later flashback reveals that in fact it was the two North Koreans, Kyeong-pil and Woo-jin, who found him with his foot on the mine and saved him.
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jsabyungka_3413.jpg]] ''Joint Security Area'' (''JSA'') is a 2000 film from South Korea, directed by acclaimed Creator/ParkChanWook.
Two North Koreandirector Creator/ParkChanWook and starring Creator/LeeByunghun, Creator/SongKangHo, and Creator/LeeYoungAe. It centered around an investigation by United Nations officials of soldiers are killed in a fatal shooting incident that occurred shootout at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Security_Area Joint Security Area]] in the Demilitarized Zone DMZ between North and South Korea. When released, Korea. A wounded South Korean, Sergeant Lee Soo-hyeok (Creator/LeeByunghun) makes it was back across the highest-grossing border alive. A Swiss-Korean UN officer, Major Sophie Jean (Lee Young-ae) is sent to investigate this delicate international incident. She uncovers a strange story involving an encounter between the South Koreans at a guard post and the North Koreans at the opposite guard post, and she interviews a North Korean film of all time.
survivor, Sergeant Oh Kyeong-pil (Creator/SongKangHo).
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jsabyungka_3413.jpg]] ''Joint Security Area'' (''JSA'') is a film by acclaimed Korean director Creator/ParkChanWook.Creator/ParkChanWook and starring Creator/LeeByunghun, Creator/SongKangHo, and Creator/LeeYoungAe. It centered around an investigation by United Nations officials of a fatal shooting incident that occurred in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. When released, it was the highest-grossing Korean film of all time.
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler:After confessing the truth to Major Jean, Soo-Hyeok does this after attacking and disarming his MP escorts. It is implied he did this out of guilt.]]
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* AntiVillain: Kyeong-pil is a Type 1 "Noble" kind. He has no regrets about supporting this rigid, cruel regime, and is loyal to President Kim, but he has no regrets about the situation either. He grows to love Soo-hyeok like a brother, and goes out of his way to protect him and Sung-shik when the shootout occurs, even when he takes the blame off of killing the commanding officer to save himself.
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* ToiletHumor: Woo-jin farts as a practical joke.
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* ColdWar[=/=]CivilWar[=/=]TheKoreanWar: All still going on the border between the Koreas.
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: Sung-shik, who is initially another unimportant guard; after attempting suicide, he is revealed to have been sneaking over the boarder too, and to be the second shooter.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Both South Korean soldiers: Sung-shik throws himself out of the window when threatened with a lie-detector test; and Soo-hyeok shoots himself after explaining everything.]]
* FauxFluency: The United Nations investigator unraveling the mystery at the DMZ is a Korean actress who obviously learned her English lines phonetically.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The friendship between the soldiers will end badly.
* FramingDevice: The main story is told in a series of flashbacks as the UN investigator tries to find out the truth about a murder.
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* ColdWar[=/=]CivilWar[=/=]TheKoreanWar: All still going on the border between the Koreas.
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: Sung-shik, who is initially another unimportant guard; after attempting suicide, he is revealed to have been sneaking over the boarder too, and to be the second shooter.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Both South Korean soldiers: Sung-shik throws himself out of the window when threatened with a lie-detector test; and Soo-hyeok shoots himself after explaining everything.]]
* FauxFluency: The United Nations investigator unraveling the mystery at the DMZ is a Korean actress who obviously learned her English lines phonetically.
** Later versions completely dubbed her lines with a native English speaker.
* ForegoneConclusion: The friendship between the soldiers will end badly.
* FramingDevice: The main story is told in a series of flashbacks as the UN investigator tries to find out the truth about a murder.
* HowWeGotHere
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* NotSoDifferent
* ShownTheirWork: With a highly accurate recreation of the Joint Security Area.
* SouthKoreansWithMarines
* TakeItToTheBridge: The famed "Bridge of No Return"
* TranslationConvention: The Swiss and Swedish members of the United Nations stationed in Korea speak English instead of Korean or their native language. A Swiss character of Korean nationality speaks English with a heavy Korean accent rather than a Swiss one.
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