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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.


“All evidences say he did it.”
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.

Gong Yoo
Ji Dong-chul

Park Hee-soon
Min Se-hoon

Cho Seong-ha
Kim Seok-ho

Yoo Da-in
Choi Kyung-hee

Kim Sung-kyun
Ri Gwang-jo

Nam Bo-ra
Ji Dong-chul's wife

Jo Jae-yun
Captain Jo

Kim Eui-sung
Shin

Ki Joo-bong
Coroner

Park Ji-il
Executive Director Song
The Suspect is a action, thriller film released in 2013 exploring themes of martial arts, spy, north korean defector, inter-korean relations. Directed by Won Shin-yun, it stars Gong Yoo, Park Hee-soon, Cho Seong-ha. Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
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