| Jail Breakers | |
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Jail Breakers poster
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 광복절 특사 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gwangbokjeol teuksa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwangbokchŏl t‘ŭksa |
| Directed by | Kim Sang-jin |
| Written by | Park Jung-woo |
| Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok |
| Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
| Music by | Sohn Moo-hyun |
Production | Director's Home Pictures |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$17,797,711[1] |
Jail Breakers (Korean: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah.[2][3] It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.[4]
Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won | [5] |
| Best Screenplay | Park Jung-woo | Won | |||
| 2003 | 39th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Cha Seung-won | Won | |
| 40th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won | ||
| Best Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok | Won | |||
| 11th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
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