Secretly Greatly 은밀하게 위대하게

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Movie: Secretly Greatly (English title) / Covertness (literal title)
Revised romanization: Eunmilhage Widaehage
Hangul: 은밀하게 위대하게
Director: Jang Cheol-Soo
Writer: Hun (comic), Kim Bang-Hyun, Yoon Hong-Gi
Producer: Kim Young-Min
Cinematographer: Choi Sang-Ho
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Runtime: 124 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / North Korea
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Won Ryu-Hwan (Kim Soo Hyun) trained in the North Korean Special Forces. He can speak five languages and is also a lethal killing machine. Two years ago, he received orders to deploy to South Korea as a spy.

While wondering in a poor neighborhood in Seoul, Won Ryu-Hwan passed out and was awakened by a worried old mother. The woman then allowed him to live in a small apartment above her modest convenient store and let him work in her store. His identity in South Korea is now Bang Dong-Gu and he has taken up the persona of a goofy, mentally challenged young man. Since that time, Bang Dong-Gu has gotten to know everybody in the neighborhood and has become attached to the woman who treats him like her second son.

One evening, Bang Dong-Gu receives a visitor in his small apartment. His visitor is Lee Hae-Rang (Park Ki Woong), who trained in the same North Korean Special Forces Unit. Lee Hae-Rang has also received orders from North Korea to work covertly as a spy in South Korea. His persona is that of a young wannabe rock star. Lee Hae-Rang finds it difficult, because he never played the guitar before. Shortly later, Ri Hae-Jin (Lee Hyun Woo), also a member of their special forces team in North Korea, arrives in the same neighborhood. While the three young men live unnoticed among their neighbors, they await orders from North Korea. Their order finally arrives.

Cast

Kim Soo hyun - Lieutenant Won Ryu hwan / Bang Dong-gu(원류환/방동구)
Park Ki woong - Rhee Hae rang / Kim Min-Su(리해랑/김민수)
Lee Hyun woo - Rhee Hae jin(리해진)
Son Hyun joo - Colonel Kim Tae-won(김태원), 5446 Corps training chief
Park Hye-sook - Jeon Soon-im(전순임), "Market granny"
Kim Sung-kyun - Seo Soo-hyuk(서수혁) , NIS team leader
Go Chang-seok - 2nd Lieutenant Seo Sang-gu / Professor Seo Young-guk(Hangul: 서상구/서영국)
Jang Gwang - Go Hwi-sun(고휘순), "Old man Go"
Shin Jung-geun - Mr. Park, the barber
Hong Kyung-in - Jo Doo-seok(조두석) , Soon-im's son
Lee Chae-young - Ran(Nickname)/Heo Ih-ran(webtoon)/Heo Jeom-ran(film)(란/허이란/허점란)
Park Eun-bin - Yoon Yoo-ran(윤유란)
Choi Woo-shik - Yoon Yoo-joon(윤유준) , Yoo-ran's Younger brother
Joo Hyun - Rhee Moo-hyuk(리무혁) , 5446 Corps founder, Hae-Rang's Father
Gu Seung-hyun - Hwang Chi-woong(황치웅)
Jo Yong-jin - Hwang Se-woong(황세웅) , Chi-woong's Younger brother
Lee Yeon-kyung - Chi-woong and Se-woong's mother
Uhm Tae-gu - Hwang Jae-oh(황재오)
Moon Won-ju - Choi Wan-woo(최완우)
Kim Beop-rae - NIS director
Lee Min - department head
Kim Young-jin - Kim Hee-kwan(김희관), former MPAF head
Yoon Won-seok - Deong-chi
Park Jeong-gi - strike-force team leader
Go In-beom - NIS chief Choi Jin-Tak(최진탁)
Lee Bo-hyeon - NIS agent
Yook Se-jin - NIS agent
Kang Eun-tak - NIS agent
Park Jang-shik - NIS agent
Won Hyeon-jun - NIS agent
Heo Seok - NIS agent
Son Jun-young - young Ryu-hwan
Hong Tae-ui - young Hae-rang
Seong Yu-bin - young Hae-jin
Kim Do-gyun - audition judge
Park Hwi-sun

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