KT is a 2002 Japanese-South Korean film directed by Junji Sakamoto

Junji Sakamoto

Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsuitarunen and followed it up with another boxing film,...

 with a screenplay by Haruhiko Arai

Haruhiko Arai

is a Japanese screenwriter who is also publisher and editor of Eiga Geijutsu , one of Japan's longest-running film magazines. He won the Mainichi Film Award for best screenplay for the film W's Tragedy.-As screenwiter:...

. It based on the kidnapping of Kim Dae-jung by agents of Park Chung-hee

Park Chung-hee

Park Chung-hee was a Republic of Korea Army general and the leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979. He seized power in a military coup and ruled until his assassination in 1979. He has been credited with the industrialization of the Republic of Korea through export-led growth...

 in August 1973 while on a trip to Tokyo. He was released in Seoul after five days.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Kōichi Satō
  Koichi Sato
  is a Japanese actor.He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.-Films:*The Last Chushingura *Nobody to watch over me * Shonen Merikensack * The Magic Hour * Smile Seiya no Kiseki...
  
   ... Masuo Tomita
• Kim Kap-su
  Kim Kap-su
  Kim Kap-soo is a South Korean actor. His acting debut was in 1977. Kim is a high profile actor in his age bracket and has had a long career as an actor on the stage, in television dramas and film. He is well respected in Korea for his acting ability and is a sought after lecturer...
  
   ... Kim Chang-Won
• Choi Il-hwa ... Kim Dae-Jung
• Yoshio Harada
  Yoshio Harada
  was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.-Career:Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in 1967 with "Tenka no seinen" and his film debut in 1968 with Fukushū no uta ga kikoeru. He came to fame...
  
   ... Akikazu Kamikawa
• Michitaka Tsutsui ... Kim Kab-Soo
• Yang Eun-Yong ... Lee Jeong-Mi
• Kim Byeong-Se ... Kim Junk-Won
• Teruyuki Kagawa ...Haruo Satake
• Akira Emoto ... Hiroshi Uchiyama
• Kyoko Enami ... Kab-Soos Mother
• Noboru Hamada ... Minister
• Masahiro Komoto
• Akaji Maro
  Akaji Maro
  is a Japanese actor, Butoka, and theater director. He was born in Sakurai, Nara and is the founder of Dairakudakan. His son is Nao Ōmori.-Film:*Yakuza Weapon *Sakigake!! Otokojuku *Makai Tensho *Kill Bill Vol...
  
   ... Susumu Kawahara
• Ken Mitsuishi ...Yu Chun-Seong
• Ryūshi Mizukami
• Nana Nakamoto ... Toshiko Takashima
• Hirochi Oguchi ... Shoichi Tsukada
• Gō Rijū ... Hong Seong-Jin
• Kenji Sahara... Minister
• Ken Utsui
• Hōka Kinoshita
• Akira Hamada