The Classified File () is a 2015 South Korean crime drama film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek based on a real-life 33-day kidnapping case in Busan in 1978. It stars Kim Yoon-seok and Yoo Hae-jin in the lead roles.

Plot

A young girl named Eun-joo has gone missing in Busan in 1978. Without any contact from the kidnapper in the past two weeks and no further leads or clues, the police assume that she's dead. Eun-joo's desperate mother turns to renowned fortune-teller Kim Joong-san, who tells her that her daughter is still alive and that she can be saved if they enlist the help of veteran detective Gong Gil-yong. Despite his skepticism, Gil-yong accepts the case. When one of Joong-san's premonitions about the investigation comes true, Gil-yong begins to believe in his psychic abilities, and the two men team up in an unlikely partnership to find Eun-joo and bring her home.

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Cast

Kim Yoon-seok as Gong Gil-yong

Yoo Hae-jin as Kim Joong-san

Song Young-chang as Eun-joo's father

Lee Jung-eun as Eun-joo's mother

Jang Young-nam as Eun-joo's aunt

Jang Myeong-gap as Chief Inspector Yoo, head of Busan investigation team

Jung Ho-bin as Seo Jeong-hak

Jin Sun-mi as Joong-san's wife

Nam Moon-chul as Chief of police office

Lee Jun-hyeok as Mae Seok-hwan

Yoon Jin-ha as Driver Cheon

Kim Kwak-kyung-hee as Aunt Park

Lee Jae-yong as Fortuneteller Baek

Park Hyo-joo as Gil-yong's wife

Box office

The Classified File was released on June 18, 2015. It opened at second place in the box office, grossing () from 1.17 million admissions in its first four days. By the end of its run, it had grossed () from 2,860,786 admissions.

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

2015 crime drama films

South Korean buddy films

South Korean crime drama films

Crime films based on actual events

Police detective films

2015 films

Films directed by Kwak Kyung-taek

Films about child abduction

Showbox films

Drama films based on actual events

2010s South Korean films

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