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Secretly, Greatly

Secretly, Greatly

Playing the fool for the Dear Leader.

20137.02h 4m

Overview

Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

Directed by Jang Cheol-soo
Written by Yoon Hong-gi, Kim Bang-hyun, Lee Yoon-ho
Produced by Kim Young-min, Seo Yeon, Kim Bang-hyun
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Top Cast

Kim Soo-hyun

Kim Soo-hyun

Won Ryu-hwan / Bang Dong-gu

Park Ki-woong

Park Ki-woong

Lee Hae-rang

Lee Hyun-woo

Lee Hyun-woo

Lee Hae-jin

Son Hyun-joo

Son Hyun-joo

Kim Tae-won

Ko Chang-seok

Ko Chang-seok

Seo Sang-gu

Kim Sung-kyun

Kim Sung-kyun

Seo Soo-hyuk

Shin Jung-keun

Shin Jung-keun

Mr. Park

Hong Kyung-in

Hong Kyung-in

Jo Doo-seok

Lee Chae-young

Lee Chae-young

Ran

Park Eun-bin

Park Eun-bin

Yoon Yoo-ran

Themes & Keywords

politicsspybased on comicbromancecommunisminter-korean relationsbased on webcomic or webtoon

About Secretly, Greatly

Secretly, Greatly is a action, drama, comedy film released in 2013 exploring themes of politics, spy, based on comic, bromance, communism, inter-korean relations. Directed by Jang Cheol-soo, it stars Kim Soo-hyun, Park Ki-woong, Lee Hyun-woo. Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.

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