An education officer who was dispatched died after a gunshot went off in the dead of night. At the same time, deserters flee to the DMZ in the access control zone, and the 3rd platoon is urgently deployed to the DMZ search operation. There, the crew sees an unidentified soldier, not a deserter or a search crew.
Song Chang-eui
Kang Seong Gu
Song Young-gyu
Lee Hyun-kyun
Baek Young Cheol
Jang Hae-song
Jo Sung Hoon
Kim Young-jae
Yoon Woo
Choi Do-cheol
Choi Min-woo
Do Eun-bi
Im So-yeon
The Recon is a thriller film released in 2021 exploring themes of dmz, korean army. Directed by Kim Min-sub, it stars Song Chang-eui, Song Young-gyu, Lee Hyun-kyun. An education officer who was dispatched died after a gunshot went off in the dead of night. At the same time, deserters flee to the DMZ in the access control zone, and the 3rd platoon is urgently deployed to the DMZ search operation. There, the crew sees an unidentified soldier, not a deserter or a search crew.
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