Jong-bin Yun, the director of "Special Agent", once directed "War with Crime: the heyday of bad guys", and the scene was also set in the 1990s, so he had a good grasp of the times. Let's look at the cast, including my favorite Huang Zhengmin, Li Xingmin, who plays memory, and even supporting actor Cui Shichang, the hero of Signal, Jin-ung Jo, and long-legged Oubaju Jihui, which can be said to be very powerful.
"The Secret Agent" is a two-person drama, for which Huang Zhengmin and Li Xingmin both won the Korean Bell Award for Best Actor. They have many opponents in the film, and their opponents have become the most important point to promote the development of the plot. Every scene is full of acting skills, and the dialogue, eyes and expressions give me goose bumps one after another. As a literary drama, there is no fierce conflict and physical confrontation. What it can show is the dialogue between characters. All their emotional and psychological activities play a very important role in the development of the plot. Instead of narration, it can only be reflected through performance.
The story begins with 1995. Huang Zhengmin's special agent Park Hee-young is a soldier, attached to the South Korean Ministry of Security, and sent to North Korea for high-level infiltration. Li Xingmin, who is over 500 years old, plays Li Mingyun, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation who is about to sneak into North Korea and work in Beijing for a long time.
The first scene of the duet begins in the first fifth and 23rd minute of the film, which is the first behind-the-scenes half of the film.
At this time, it has been half a year since Park Xiying accepted the task and came to Beijing. He is a wealthy Korean businessman and wants to make a profit in North Korea. He has been trying to get close to Li Mingyun according to the task requirements, but more than half a year has passed, and he hasn't even seen a hair of Li Mingyun. Moreover, under the close monitoring and tracking of the DPRK for a long time, Park Xiying was upset and uneasy.
At this moment, a North Korean man named Zhang (said to be his brother and uncle who was executed a few years ago) was caught by the South Korean side for embezzling his own money, and North Korea's foreign trade fell into a serious crisis with a debt of 250,000 US dollars. At that time, the Ministry of Foreign Trade had only 654.38+10,000 yuan, so it was impossible to pay off the account. Li Mingyun couldn't sit still with a penny.
After watching the movie, I specially checked the GDP of North Korea. In 20 17, the per capita GDP of North Korea was $65438 +0204. This is still the case that the economy has developed a lot in recent years. You can imagine what happened in North Korea more than 20 years ago, and it's okay to spend $250,000. This film was ridiculed by netizens that all the Korean dynasties were black. The most jaw-dropping thing was the poverty in North Korea at that time, which was ubiquitous. It was the accumulation of poverty and weakness that led to Li Mingyun's indignation. Well, this is another story. Let's watch the first game between Park and Lee.
Li Mingyun also privately observed Park Xiying for a long time. Although he thinks that this kind of fat meat sent into his mouth is problematic in nine cases out of ten, he can't help it at present, and Park hasn't leaked the clue for more than half a year. Li Mingyun should have thought about solving the urgent need first. It's not unheard of to kick down the ladder, hahaha.
So, they met for the first time in the Koryo Pavilion in Beijing.
Park Xiying went in and was searched by several strong plainclothes soldiers. After the search, Li Ming carried it out and stopped his people step by step. "What are you doing here? Who taught you hospitality? How rude! "
Park Hee-young may be shocked by Li Mingyun's hypocrisy. Fortunately, he is well-informed and knows the face of politicians. He immediately pulled out a flattering smile: nothing, nothing, you search. ?
Li Mingyun turned around, PiaoXiYing expression changed. I guess he cursed several mmp words in his head.
The Korea Pavilion is a restaurant that eats Korean food. There is a red round table in the hall. It hasn't opened yet, and there are no guests. The tables are all empty. Li Mingyun just chose the middle table and sat down face to face with Park Xiying. Well, this position is also a good choice. The first step in the negotiation is to overwhelm the opponent in momentum.
Every smile of Park Hee-young is carefully rehearsed, but at this time, he can still see that he is very nervous. Although these tensions are in Li Mingyun's eyes, they should not be guilty of being nervous, but afraid that a businessman will meet a senior government official.
Li Mingyun almost never smiles in the whole play. He is unsmiling, moody and has a long face. He came straight to the point and asked Park Xiying if he could help him solve Zhang's problem. If Park Hee-ying agrees happily at this time, it will definitely make him wary, so Park Hee-ying laughs and jokes a few words, and then Doggie hypocritically says, "We are all compatriots, so we must help." Fully embodies the accident of a businessman. Yes, Park Hee-young's performance is not smooth, but flattering and clever. This also makes Zheng, who is in charge of security affairs around him, relax his vigilance and think that Park Xiying is a small role who can't get on the table.
Li Mingyun didn't show any expression on her face, but asked Park Xiying three questions in succession. The first one questioned Park Xiying's identity, because Park Xiying was a soldier and Li Mingyun knew it very well. Park Xiying firmly grasped this question and answered it in a narrow sense. Then Li Mingyun threw out a second seemingly relaxed question: What do you want to buy from the Republic? Park Xiying said with a smile, I will do anything as long as I make money. Li Mingyun kept throwing out the third and very important question: "Can you provide us with Korean information?"
Here the director gave Park Hee-young a close-up of her eyes. He wore a pair of glasses to disguise himself. The eyes behind glasses are as black as ink. Within three seconds after hearing Li Mingyun's question, he put away his smile. This is a trap, and this question is also a trap. If the answer is yes, it is too urgent. Can a businessman get government information? Li Mingyun will definitely suspect him. If the answer is no, then there is no sincerity to cooperate. How to answer is a very serious question.
Two people have been testing each other's bottom line, to outdo each other and compete with each other. Park Xiying tried to portray himself as a mercenary businessman, and Lee's fate was not simple, which made Park Xiying tremble with fear. What spies need is strong psychological quality and on-the-spot reaction. Park hee-young doesn't know if she is doing well enough. Does Li Mingyun believe in himself?
This game lasted only five minutes, which gave them a preliminary understanding of each other. They stick out their tentacles like snails and spy. When Park Xiying reported to his superiors, he described Li Mingyun in one word: tenacity.
The second match between them started in the 34th minute. Under the instructions of her superiors, Park Xiying went to Li Mingyun's office with the prepared $260,000 and so-called government information to show her loyalty. However, I obviously didn't trust him, so I threw him to the military attache Zheng and left.
Here, Park Hee-young performed a scene with the proud Zheng, and finally Park Hee-young left. Of course, when he left, he didn't forget to take the cash he had just left on the table. As a result, as soon as he left the office, he received a phone call from Li Mingyun, asking him to have dinner together in the evening.
My first reaction when I saw this paragraph was: Wow, isn't this the routine of shopping in the clothing city a long time ago? The seller shouted 50, I shouted 25, the seller said there was no 45, I said it was not more than 30, and the seller disagreed. Then I turned my head and left. The seller said bitterly, OK, OK, here you are, take it and come again next time.
Park Xiying, who successfully got tickets to 30 yuan, made a gesture of refueling and immediately rushed to the party.
An important technical job of agent is monitoring and recording. Park Xiying wants to record this meeting, but it is necessary to search it. How to bring the equipment in is a problem. According to Park Xiying's prototype, Black Venus, when he met Kim Jong Il, he put a miniature recording device in his urethra for recording, which was really cruel. PiaoXiYing settled in the private room, it was a search, but Li Mingyun, who was sitting in the right position, politely said, "Don't search, don't search, it's all one of our own." Then he looked at his men and searched PiaoXiYing all over, and PiaoXiYing was extremely upset.
He is an honest and frank boy and comes from a military family. He should be quite disdainful of such a hypocrite as Li Mingyun, and he hates it to death, but on the surface he still has to show enthusiasm and flattery. However, he is a man after all, and it is impossible to take it personally against Li Mingyun. Then take Zheng for example, he pushed himself in the office this afternoon.
Zheng is played by Ju Zhixun in Walking with God. Gee, that long leg with two big mouths is really cool, but the acting is almost poor. Anyway, his performance of manager Zheng made me feel particularly wronged, so when I pointed a gun at Park Xiying for the second time, I couldn't stand it and directly blew people up.
It was also from this time that Zheng habitually opposed it.
Park hee-young Azasi is really insidious. He didn't suffer this injustice in vain, and directly split the enemy. Facts have proved that Park Hee-young is not only brave but also cautious. He could see the rift between Zheng He and Li at a glance, and later he used this rift many times to stir up trouble. Okay, let's not talk about it now.
We continue to eat and drink.
Li Mingyun invited Park Xiying to drink, and Park Xiying really began to talk nonsense: "Agu, I personally swore to my old mother at my old father's funeral that I would never touch alcohol again in my life."
An old fox like Li Mingyun naturally knows how to stop at a good time, so he doesn't insist. Instead, he drank wine to talk about practical affairs and began preliminary consultations on cooperation.
Later, I didn't know if Li Chu was drunk. I got up, looked out the window at the brightly lit night in Beijing and said with emotion, "I have been here for two years. In just two years, the change has really turned upside down. "
Li Mingyun is the only senior official in North Korea who has studied capitalist economy. Looking at the poverty of the motherland and the hunger and cold of the people, he has ideals and wants to change the status quo. Therefore, when he looks at the changes in China, he will express such feelings, but he is also helpless and sighing at the closed door of his motherland.
Park Xiying replied from the bottom of her heart: "Isn't this the power of reform and opening up?" In exchange for Li Mingyun's wry smile.
This scene lasted ten minutes, twice as long as the first time we met. The atmosphere between two people is obviously relaxed, and they can sit and talk well, and even spit out a little truth.
The revolutionary friendship between the two peoples should sprout from this moment.
Another important detail of this meeting is that Park Xiying gave Li Mingyun and one of his men a highly imitated Rolex gold watch. Li Mingyun always wears this watch.
Everything is going well. Park Xiying put forward the proposal of shooting advertisements for big Korean companies in North Korea. Li Mingyun was also very interested and flew back to North Korea to ask the supreme leader for instructions.
Park Xiying waited anxiously. After more than a week, he finally got a call and asked him to go to Pyongyang. This trip to Pyongyang almost killed Park Hee-young, but fortunately, under the impetus of Li Mingyun, the top leader Comrade Kim Jong Il finally agreed to their cooperation plan.
The following story involves the declassification of many sensitive issues between Korea and North Korea, such as the Panmunjom incident and non-governmental contacts between Korea and North Korea.
In this process, Park Xiying went to the mountainous area where North Korea developed nuclear weapons, and also saw the hardships of the Korean people's lives. He was shocked by the mountains of bodies and naked children. This should not be the appearance of a country about to enter the 2 1 century. This should not be the life that people in a modern country should live.
So, when he later learned that all the efforts made by himself and Li Mingyun, as well as all the efforts that might change the status quo of the two countries, would fall short under the leadership of some people, Park Xiying was the first to question his superior Cui Xuecheng, only to find that the other party was too dark to respond to himself.
Disappointed, Park Hsi-ying began to doubt whether she was an agent at the beginning, and later remembered that her original intention was for the country and the people, not for a ruling party, but for some interest groups. He left with his luggage and decided to solve the crisis in his own way.
But this method is really desperate. He can't do it alone. He needs Li Mingyun's help.
The third game between them is also the climax of the film, starting at 1 hour 47 minutes.
Park Xiying and Li Mingyun made an appointment to meet in a remote market. Compared with the previous splendor, there was no wine and beautiful women in the venue. There is rain everywhere in the market facing the street, and there is no place for them to sit, so they can only walk side by side, because if they stand, they will soon freeze.
But for the first time, the two were so close.
PiaoXiYing finally can be sure that Li Mingyun is not as cunning as he looks. He has a country in his heart and a person like himself. Not just a moth who pocketed his own money like Zheng Cui Xuecheng. He really wants to do something. When Li Mingyun's mouth trembled and talked about the present situation of his motherland, Park Xiying's eyes felt unbearable and cherished.
He knew he was looking for Li Mingyun. His expression was more serious than ever, he invited Li Mingyun warmly, and his tone was more sincere and serious than ever: "Director, do you want to take the last adventure with me?"
The adventure succeeded. Park Hee-young is definitely a qualified agent. Because of his golden words, he persuaded Kim Jong Il, who signed the dismissal order and acted arbitrarily, and secret negotiations between some senior officials of South Korea and North Korea broke down.
Park Xiying's move had a far-reaching impact and directly triggered a major earthquake in Korean politics. Kim Dae-jung was elected president. The first thing Park Hee-young's old bosses did was to clean up those who knew about contact with North Korea at that time and make Park Hee-young's identity as an agent public. Park hee-young's life is at stake.
Not only South Korea wants his life, but also North Korea will not let him go.
Li Mingyun went to see Park Xiying for the first time, brought him a gun and identification, and told Park Xiying to run to China.
These two people love each other admiringly. At this time, they have long been wary of each other. Park Hee-young is worried that his departure will bring trouble to Li Mingyun. Li Mingyun, in turn, comforted him: Nothing, I am the only person in the Republic who can engage in economy, and he will never kill me.
Li Mingyun was actually ready to die at that time, so he was very calm when he was taken away from home by military police after seeing Park Xiying off.
Death is also a ghost man, which must be his inner portrayal at that time.
After this farewell, Park Xiying stayed in China and continued to promote the advertising business of the two countries under the management of Li Mingyun. He doesn't know whether Li Mingyun is still alive. He often goes to Li Mingyun's favorite Korean Pavilion for dinner. When the door rings, he will look up, hoping to see that unsmiling but elegant face, but time and time again, he has never seen Li Mingyun in China.
It was not until 2005, ten years later, that the advertising project was finally restarted. Park Xiying's partner said with emotion: We have been on this road for ten years.
At the meeting between Korean and Korean actors, Park Hee-young finally saw Li Mingyun alive again after ten years.
Both of them are old people with gray temples, but they smile with tears across the sea. The gold watch on Li Mingyun's wrist is from Park Xiying, and the tie clip on Park Xiying's tie is delivered by Li Ming. There are four words written on the back of the tie clip: honesty.
The crowd between the two finally dispersed, and the two quickly walked to each other, and the film came to an abrupt end here.
What's so interesting about this movie?
The acting skills of the actors are amazing, and the performances of the two actors are even more memorable. There are also some things that actually focus on the four words on the tie clip: integrity.
At the class reunion some time ago, students majoring in history repeatedly mentioned Zhang Zai's words: make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, link the past with the future, and be peaceful for all generations.
Born as a man, if you can, you must have fire in your heart, ideals in your heart and strength in your heart.
the end