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Released
2019 · FILM

The Secret Mission

Our language makes us who we are.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
135 min
Language
KO
ComedyDramaHistory

Synopsis

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

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Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Shot by Young Hwan ChoiDesigned by Chae Kyoung Sun

Box Office

2019 · Box office

Grossed $21.1M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$21.1M

Worldwide gross$21.1M

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