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Athena: Goddess of War

Athena: Goddess of War

20116.62h 0m

Overview

Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor and other countries want the technology. To prevent terror in the aftermath of the TWR breakthrough, the government establishes a new organization named NTS (National Anti-Terror Service). Jung-Woo (Jung Woo-Sung) is transferred to the NTS group from the NIS. He's excited about the transfer and hopes to live the life of a real agent, but then discovers his main responsibility is to watch North Korean defectors.

Directed by Kim Young-jun
Written by Yoo Nam-Gyung, Kim Hyeon-jun, Chae Woo-do
Produced by Chung Tae-won
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Top Cast

Jung Woo-sung

Jung Woo-sung

Lee Jung-woo

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won

Son-hyeok

Soo Ae

Soo Ae

Yoon Hye-in

Kim Min-jong

Kim Min-jong

Kim Ki-soo

Ricky Kim

Ricky Kim

Viktor Sevcenkov / Sasha

Lee Ji-ah

Lee Ji-ah

Han Jae-hui

Choi Si-won

Choi Si-won

Kim Jun-ho

Kim Seung-woo

Kim Seung-woo

Park Chul-young

Kim So-yeon

Kim So-yeon

Kim Sun-hwa

Lee El

Lee El

DIS Agent

Themes & Keywords

jealousylove trianglegamblinglove at first sightkidnappingspydouble agentromanceconspiracyterrorismagentnuclear threatterrorist attackhidden identitycounterterrorismdouble identity

About Athena: Goddess of War

Athena: Goddess of War is a action, thriller film released in 2011 exploring themes of jealousy, love triangle, gambling, love at first sight, kidnapping, spy. Directed by Kim Young-jun, it stars Jung Woo-sung, Cha Seung-won, Soo Ae. Sometime in the near future, the Korean peninsula attempts to reunify. The South Korean government, which needs enormous funds for the unification to succeed, develops a landmark new technology called the TWR. The TWR is a high speed nuclear reactor and other countries want the technology. To prevent terror in the aftermath of the TWR breakthrough, the government establishes a new organization named NTS (National Anti-Terror Service). Jung-Woo (Jung Woo-Sung) is transferred to the NTS group from the NIS. He's excited about the transfer and hopes to live the life of a real agent, but then discovers his main responsibility is to watch North Korean defectors.

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