In 1990, number of children suddenly disappear. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense selects an elite group of scientists for a top-secret mission. Then, 30 years later ... The year is 2020 on a reunified Korean Peninsula. A string of murders is committed against retired scientists. The Special Investigations (SI) unit staffed by a crack team from the former North and South Koreas and outfitted with the latest technology is brought in to investigate. The killer, however, far from being deterred, taunts them with a signature pendant at every murder scene. In an act of devilish boldness he even kidnaps the son of the investigation team's leader, Seok
Production
2002 vision of 2020 reunified Korea—hilariously wrong, fascinating anyway.
Acting
Yunjin Kim pre-Lost, already commanding every frame.
Director
Chong Yun-su
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during South Korea's Sunshine Policy era, when reunification felt possible—the film's optimism about 2020 now reads as devastating alternate history.
Director Chong Yun-su later disowned the theatrical cut, claiming studio interference destroyed his nonlinear structure—explaining why the 1990/2020 timeline feels like two different movies stitched together.
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