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Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.


“Playing the fool for the Dear Leader.”
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.

Kim Soo-hyun
Won Ryu-hwan / Bang Dong-gu

Park Ki-woong
Lee Hae-rang

Lee Hyun-woo
Lee Hae-jin

Son Hyun-joo
Kim Tae-won

Ko Chang-seok
Seo Sang-gu

Kim Sung-kyun
Seo Soo-hyuk

Shin Jung-keun
Mr. Park

Hong Kyung-in
Jo Doo-seok

Lee Chae-young
Ran

Park Eun-bin
Yoon Yoo-ran
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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