| Jail Breakers | |||||||||
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| Director: | Kim Sang-jin | ||||||||
| Producer: | Kang Woo-suk | ||||||||
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| Cinematography: | Jeong Kwang-seok | ||||||||
| Editing: | Ko Im-pyo | ||||||||
| Music: | Sohn Moo-hyun | ||||||||
| Studio: | Director's Home Pictures | ||||||||
| Distributor: | Cinema Service | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 120 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||
| Gross: | [1] | ||||||||
Jail Breakers is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah.[2] [3] It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.[4]
Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.
| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
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| 2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | [5] | |
| Best Screenplay | Park Jung-woo | ||||
| 2003 | 39th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Cha Seung-won | ||
| 40th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | |||
| Best Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok | ||||
| 11th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | |||