The Suspect (2013) on Netflix
North Korean agent Ji Dong-cheol is abandoned on a mission and his wife and daughter are killed. In the South he drives nights for a businessman while hunting the man responsible.
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Plot summary
Ji Dong-cheol is one of North Korea's top special forces agents until his government abandons him on a mission and his family is killed. He defects to the South, lives incognito and spends his days hunting the ex-colleague he holds responsible. At night he drives Chairman Park, an executive with ties to Pyongyang. When an assassin kills the chairman, the dying man presses a pair of glasses into Dong-cheol's hands, and South Korean intelligence accuses him of the murder. Colonel Min Se-hoon, who shares a past with him, leads the manhunt, while a documentary filmmaker on North Korean defectors takes his side. Accused of murder and treason, Dong-cheol goes on the run to recover the national secrets the glasses hold.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Suspect (2013)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Yoon Kye-sang was originally cast in the lead role of the 2013 South Korean action spy film The Suspect, but he dropped out after co-star Choi Min-sik left the project. Gong Yoo was eventually cast in his place.
- For his role in The Suspect, Gong Yoo dieted for three months to reduce his body fat. He learned the Russian martial art Systema for the film's fight scenes and performed car chases, rock climbing and skydiving at the Han River without using stuntmen.
