One of South Korea´s most expensive productions ever, J.S.A. (Joint Security Area) is a thrilling action/mistery blockbuster, and has been hailed as one of the more memorable and moving films to emerge from the "Korean New Wave."
In the DMZ separating the Koreas, peace is as fragile as the wooden bridge linking North and South. When two North Korean soldiers are killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier, it threatens to ignite a full-scale conflict. An impartial Swiss intelligence team is sent to investigate and they quickly find flaws in the official version of events. Why were 16 bullets found at the crime scene when the assassin´s gun housed only 15 rounds? It´s a race to uncover the truth as tensions rise at the most heavily armed border on Earth..