KT | |
Director: | Junji Sakamoto |
Producer: | Lee Bong-su Yukiko Shii |
Starring: | Kōichi Satō Kim Kap-soo Choi Il-hwa |
Music: | Park Ji-woong |
Cinematography: | Norimichi Kasamatsu |
Editing: | Kim Hyeong-ju |
Distributor: | Cinequanon |
Runtime: | 130 minutes |
Country: | South Korea |
Language: | Korean Japanese |
KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai. It is based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung Hee in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days.
The title KT means Killing the Target.[1]
The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung Hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.