Secretly, Greatly
은밀하게 위대하게
2013South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Jang Cheol-soo★ 7
Available in English: subtitled
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
Themes and style
Tone
dark comedymelancholictensehaunting
Pacing
escalatingslow build to explosionepisodic
Story
survivalpursuitescapesiege
Emotion
figuring out who you areloyalty under pressuregriefbelongingsacrificeloss of innocence
Themes
life under oppressionnational identityfamily wounds passed downcaught between worlds
Feel
catharticgut punchemotionally wreckingdiscussion starter
Violence
graphic