| Iris: The Movie | |
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 Official release poster | |
| Hangul | 아이리스: 더 무비 |
| RR | Airiseu: deo mubi |
| MR | Airisŭ: tŏ mubi |
| Directed by | Yang Yun-ho Kim Kyu-tae |
| Produced by | Kim Jong-hyun Shin Ye-rim |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Kim Tae-hee Jung Joon-ho |
Production company | Taewon Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Finecut Kadokawa Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Iris: The Movie (Korean:아이리스: 더 무비;RR:Airiseu: deo mubi) is a 2010 South Koreanspyaction film. It is the first Korean production that shot atelevision drama and feature-length film simultaneously (Kim Kyu-tae was in charge of the TV segments, andYang Yun-ho in charge of the film segments), the television seriesIris was a hit when it aired onKBS2 in 2009.Iris: The Movie is a feature-length edit of the 20 episodes, along with additional footage shot specifically for the theatrical version and a different ending.
The film premiered at the 34thHong Kong International Film Festival on March 21, 2010.[1][unreliable source?] It did not receive a theatrical run in South Korea, but was instead released on November 22, 2010, throughIPTV,cable TV,satellitePPV, andCine21 online portals.[2] Due toLee Byung-hun's Japanese fanbase, distributor Kadokawa Pictures released the film theatrically inJapan on January 8, 2011, under the alternate titleIris - The Last.[3]
The Korean peninsula is constantly under political and military tension, especially with the North Korean nuclear issue. To avoid a secondKorean War, a secretblack ops agency known as the National Security Service (NSS) protects South Korea's national security by training special agents who would use any means to fulfill their mission. They officially do not exist and are not acknowledged or protected by the government. Although they are trained to be cold-blooded killers, there is onetaboo they cannot avoid: love. Hyun-jun and Sa-woo were close friends and rivals in the707th Special Mission Battalion, and both are recruited into the NSS and quickly become the best of the best. Each with different secret assignments, they soon take different paths in life. In a world of conspiracy and betrayal, they both fall for Seung-hee, the beautiful but lethalprofiling specialist at NSS. Kim Hyun-ju's mission is to dismantle IRIS and prevent a nuclear attack on Seoul.
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