"Common Security Zone" tells the story of how four soldiers in North and South Korea gradually developed into good friends from opposing soldiers stationed on the border trying to get rid of hostile thinking, and then ended the friendship between the four with a cruel tragedy. "Your shadow has crossed the line." The North Korean sergeant Wu Jingbi who was on duty made a joke to the South Korean sergeant Li Shouhe, who had become a friend across the 38th parallel. In fact, this was a kind of dissatisfaction expressed by the director, and it was to expose the current state of the country. state of division. The already confusing plot provided conditions for Park Chan-wook to interlace time and space. The same event, described in four different perspectives. The scene at the end of the film changes from motion to stillness, from color to black and white, and he ends with the photo of the four protagonists together that was accidentally taken by the tourist. He permanently fixed the friendship of the four soldiers in the photo.
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