The Recon (2021) - full transcript
DMZ, the tomb where underserving deaths lay. An education officer who was dispatched died after a gunshot went off in the dead of night. At the same time, deserters flee to the DMZ in the access control zone, and the 3rd platoon i...
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- Let’s go!
- Take this!
Joon-su!
Dammit!
Seriously?!
You’re out, trash!
Get the hell out.
Mine!
- Nice!
- Awesome!
Nice!
Good, here we go!
Nice shot, sir!
Attention!
This is HR officer Lt. Lim So-yeon,
she’ll be with us for a month.
Lt. Lim, could you kick us the ball?
Over here! Kick it here!
- Nice!
- Mine!
Take this!
THE RECON
Capt. Kang Sung-gu
She’s up at this hour?
Look who it is!
I was actually thinking of
giving you a call.
Where are you stationed at?
Captain, I need to
consult you on something.
Yeah? What is it?
Go on.
The thing is...
- I’ll call you right back.
- Captain!
I don’t believe this!
They could fetch it themselves...
Little punks...
What’s that?
Please don’t do this!
I’m so doomed...
Time went by quickly,
it’s been a year already.
Young-sik should be
doing okay?
Lt. Lim came by earlier.
She’s being tricky.
One-on-one interview’s enough.
Even if we enlisted together...
Sgt. Yoo, I think I should...
Hang in there.
She’ll be gone after
the upcoming tactical training.
Sgt. Yoo!
Holy crap!
I just witnessed something
as spectacle as a tsunami!
Get lost and pass out.
There’s no time for that.
Man, I watched it happen
with my eyeballs...
Watched what?
Lt. Col. Baek was
like a wild stallion.
He took Lt. Lim from behind,
and he was like...
I think it came from here...
Training Officer
Lt. Lim So-yeon
Lt. Lim!
- I’ll take care of it.
- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.
- Salute.
Salute!
Did I disturb your sleep?
I was going over tomorrow’s
training program.
May I ask what this is about?
Have you heard?
Truth Commission
on Deaths in the Military,
it’ll likely be resurrected this year.
- Defense Ministry’s inves...
- I guess...
they were uncomfortable
resolving the issue.
Since the media’s up in arms,
they want another go.
No need to worry.
That incident wasn’t your fault.
If you’re so worried,
you could destroy all records.
Do you know...
why Jesus was nailed
to the cross?
He tried to save
every single lamb.
That’s why people say
he’s great.
But I’ll gladly sacrifice that lamb.
I have a mission for you.
What’s dope about it is,
Lt. Lim turned back like this...
Hey, hey!
Are you messing with us?
Corp. Park, as a future
career soldier,
do I look like someone
who’d lie about this?
I’m serious, Lt. Colonel
grabbed her hair,
pulled down her pants.
- And from behind like this...
- Song, re-enact it for us.
Stop eating that.
- Song, re-enact!
- Yeah!
Legs apart more!
In this position,
he grabbed her hair!
- I love it...
- Yeah?
- Faster!
- Faster?
- You bastard.
- She just took it.
What are you doing?
That’s the emergency siren!
Where are you going?!
Hurry! Go!
A deserter was reported
at guard post 307!
He shot a senior soldier
and ran into the DMZ.
Your mission is to search
the DMZ and arrest the deserter.
You are allowed to open fire
as per rules of engagement,
but do not engage
the North Koreans.
What the hell are you doing?!
Salute!
Salute.
It looks to be a suicide, sir.
Anything else?
Nothing out of ordinary,
no suicide note either.
- Report it.
- Yes, sir.
Division HQ
Amazing.
Capt. Kang!
You said you’d be done by 4!
Sgt. Kim, come here.
I’m developing this
for my diner menu, it’s...
Forget it, you always
make me eat weird crap...
I went too easy on you!
Get over here!
Could you not drink
booze in the kitchen?
Here, taste it.
How is it?
So hot!
What a mess!
Who’d pay for this?
Buddy, this is incredible!
What are you talking about?
It’s so delicious.
Salute!
Sir, could you critique this?
I made it...
with dried radish greens,
it’s incredible.
Get ready, we got a suicide.
I’m off duty today.
I got a startup meeting at 3,
and I gotta meet with
real estate agent...
Come out in 5.
But there’s Lt. Han
and Master Sgt. Yoo too...
Sir!
Come on...
Idiot!
There, there!
Wait in ambush with Corp. Jang.
Yes, sir.
- Come with me.
- Pardon?
Take the lead.
Pardon? Me, sir?
Take the lead!
Lt. Cho?
- Is this the right way?
- It is.
Lt. Cho...
I think I stepped on a mine.
Wait, wait, wait!
Lt. Cho, what are you doing?
Who’s there?!
It’s me, Joon-su,
Pvt. Kim Joon-su, sir!
I’ll shoot if you move!
Please don’t shoot me!
I won’t move at all!
I’ve never seen
a goddamn moron like you!
Damn!
Stupid moron!
1 year ago
A soldier lost a magazine?
You call yourself
a soldier, moron?!
Yo, Seoul U.
What’s the use of your brain,
when you’re useless?
I’m sorry, sir.
I had it a moment ago...
Shut the hell up!
Min, you stupid bastard.
Do magazines have legs, then?
What will you tell them
when you return?!
You dodged?
Christ, are you out of
your goddamn mind?
Hello? Is anyone there?
Crap...
Dear Lord in heaven...
Darn it, Sgt. Yoo!
Corp. Park!
Salute!
Salute!
It’s been a while.
How’s your father?
Still well?
He’s busy with expansion of
the Bundang Army Hospital.
And you, sir?
Everything’s the same here.
I haven’t seen him before.
He transferred 7 months ago.
He’s discharging next month.
Capt. Kang Sung-gu, sir.
My apologies,
I’m in a bit of rush...
Bloodstain direction,
gunpowder scent,
no other external wounds...
we’ll have to do an autopsy,
but it looks to be a suicide.
Done already?
Do you even know how long
you were in there?
I’m sorry, sir.
Get the photos
and submit a report.
One second, sir...
You know I got
the startup meeting later.
So write it quickly.
I got a meeting too.
I will, sir.
Stairs here are steep,
be careful.
She came all the way here
only to die...
Take it easy, you bastards.
I’m sorry.
Lim So-yeon
Is anyone there?
That sounds like Joon-su.
Park and Song, follow,
you two, standby.
First time in the DMZ?
I came here once
as a private.
Did you know this place
is a mass grave?
I didn’t, sir.
When you dig a hole here,
you’ll find bodies.
Americans, us too,
when something happens,
bodies get buried and covered up.
Demilitarized Zone?
Screw that.
This place is filled with
resentful souls, a Soul Zone.
They buried mines
to hide those facts.
Hey!
And we’re smack in the middle.
Please help me!
Over there!
- Is anyone there?!
- Hey, Pvt. Kim!
Sgt. 1st Class Bae!
I’m saved!
What are you doing?
I stepped on a mine!
Don’t move a muscle.
Be careful, sir!
We’re in a minefield!
I said don’t move, you brat!
Be careful!
Lt. Cho was going to kill me.
I’m serious! He was...
Shut the hell up
and don’t move, moron!
He really tried to kill me!
Look at this!
He brought me here to kill me!
That must be it.
It’s because I witnessed
the rape, so to hide...
- She’s dead.
- Pardon?
Who do you mean?
Lt. Lim committed suicide
early this morning.
Damn, that’s why I was sent...
Deserter spotted!
Cease fire, you bastards!
The deserter shot first.
Following the rules of engagement...
What?!
Is it true?
Were you trying to
kill Joon-su?
What are you talking about?
Tell us!
It’s because he witnessed
Lt. Col. Baek’s rape!
You son of a...!
What the hell do you know?!
Are you out of your mind?!
Eat trash!
Son of a...!
What are you doing?!
Let me go, bastard!
Fess up!
Fess up, bastards!
Who’s got the balls to yap away?!
Was it you?
Was it?
What are you doing,
are you nuts?!
Park, put the gun down.
Put that down!
Lt. Cho!
Put it down, dumbhead!
Lt. Cho!
The Dreyfus Affair.
In 1894, French officer Dreyfus
was convicted of treason for
allegedly being a German spy.
It took 100 years before
the army accepted their mistake.
Min-seob?
How are you?
If you leave now,
you’ll fail this program.
Okay.
This case sets a precedent,
that when those who fight
for truth and justice don’t give up,
the truth will always be
revealed in the end.
Aren’t you taking it too seriously?
You were like that
when you were my boss.
Me?
You were legendary
for your seriousness.
You got the boot for digging
into military corruption too.
That’s why you should
take it easy.
‘Truth will be revealed’
is only in a textbook...
You don’t remember?
That’s what you said.
Army Note
Lt. Lim So-yeon
HR Priorities
1. New Recruit Credibility Test...
Protest to Investigate
Mysterious Army Death
- Min Young-sik, could not adjust?
- Real testimony exists?
Min Young-sik?
Army sentences 4 for murder
over death of Pvt. Yoon
“The Dreyfus Affair.
Truth will be revealed,”
Capt. Kang Sung-gu
Because of her likable personality,
she got along with everyone.
Everyone went to consult her,
saying they were depressed.
Was she acting weird yesterday?
She looked a bit tired,
but this is ATT period.
I feel bad for her.
Do you know...
someone named Min Young-sik?
- Min Young-sik?
- Yes.
He committed suicide
in the 3rd platoon.
Suicide?
He shot himself on his
first DMZ training.
Why do you ask?
It’s nothing, just curious.
She had no motives
to kill herself.
She adjusted well to the army life.
If you dig for motives,
you’ll constantly find more.
But even so...
Don’t you have a meeting?
Send the report.
Did you know a private
named Min Young-sik?
It looked like Lt. Lim was
reinvestigating his case.
Are you implying that this case
is somehow related to that?
She didn’t have
a reason to kill herself.
So, have you found anything?
No, sir.
If a hunch is all you got,
get back to me when you
find something solid.
I was taught that all cases
start with a hunch.
Christ...
Have you ever stationed
at the DMZ?
No, sir.
This is the spearhead
of the frontline.
You can never show your weakness.
You'll be discharged soon?
Dismissed, Capt. Kang.
Lt. Han, do me a favor.
Could you send me
Pvt. Min’s suicide case files,
and Lt. Lim So-yeon’s too, ASAP.
What happened?
What the hell happened?!
Lt. Cho apparently cut
the comm cord...
What do you mean?
Lt. Lim So-yeon committed suicide.
What?
It’s because of Lt. Col. Baek’s
sexual assault.
Joon-su witnessed it,
so he ordered Lt. Cho to kill him.
Are you all right?
Damn it...
What happened?
Where’s that bastard
Park Kyung-su?
Joon-su and Sgt. 1st Class Bae are dead.
Did Lt. Col. Baek...
Where the hell did he go?
Bunch of craps...
Where did that moron go?
That way, sir!
Who's there?!
Hands up!
I'll shoot if you move!
The deserter?
Who are you?
Come on out!
Come out here, bastard!
It's a suicide!
Why do you think so?
I think he wanted to screw us.
It's a suicide for sure!
Why are you doing this?!
Get your hands off of me.
Our men are dead.
This isn't the time nor place!
Do-cheol! Hey!
Moron!
Are you out of
your goddamn mind?!
There's something...
Where’s what, thickhead?!
Someone's here,
there's someone here!
Cease fire!
Cease fire!
Kyung-su! Park Kyung-su!
Goddammit, who was it?!
He was shot from behind.
Someone shot him
from the back.
What’s with you all?
Why’re you looking at me?
It wasn’t me!
Crap, you’re at it again?
Just like when you
killed Young-sik?
You killed Kyung-su.
No, I didn’t sense it at all.
How did Lt. Lim look yesterday?
She felt the same as always.
She was close to the 3rd platoon.
She had a counseling session
with Corp. Jang yesterday.
Around what time?
After 5? They sounded serious.
3rd platoon
Orderly?
Salute.
Is the 3rd platoon on duty?
They were sent on a mission
to DMZ to find a deserter.
They haven't returned?
That's right, sir.
Salute.
Stormy 3rd Platoon,
We Are One!
1st Company, 3rd Platoon Register
Yoo Sang-tae.
Han Min-seok.
Park Kyung-su.
Jang Sung-ho.
These are the 3rd platoon files
you requested.
I see.
- Capt. Lee?
- Yes?
How did Lt. Lim transfer here?
There wasn’t a program for her.
I heard she got an approval
from Defense Ministry herself.
Is that right?
Okay.
Sgt. Ko Tae-seok
Pvt. Min Young-sik
Friend: Jang Sung-ho
- Enlisted together
- Death – 1.13.2016
Sgt. Park Il-su
Hello,
I’m Il-su’s predecessor
Kang Sung-gu.
Did he...
It’s enough already!
I talked to the lady lieutenant!
My boy killed himself!
Capt. Lee Presumably Murdered
- Ko Dae-seok / Park Il-su
- Platoon knew anything?
Platoon knew anything?
Consult Counselor Kim Ji-hyun
I don’t know.
So stop coming by!
Park Il-su
- Min Young-sik, could not adjust?
- Real testimony exists?
Lt. Han: I emailed you
Min Young-sik files
You piece of trash!
How dare you!
I’ll beat you up!
What are you all doing?
Hold him back!
You trash!
What did you just say?
Did I say something wrong?
Young-sik died because of you!
That case ended as a suicide!
It’s a closed case!
Did you know today is
his death anniversary?
You killed them all!
I said it wasn’t me!
If not!
Then why did you take
Joon-su into the minefield?
What the hell’s going on?
Then...
are we next?
Who is that?
Who are you?!
Damn it...
We’re running again?
Wait for me!
Lt. Cho!
Sung-ho!
Crap...
Where the hell did everyone go?
Holy crap!
I don’t think I should...
Do it, douchebag.
Buddy.
Don’t get involved.
Friend or not, you gotta
cover your butt first.
But this is...
I hate guys who get in my face.
2nd Lt. Cho is perfect
for grilling guys like them.
No?
A soldier lost a magazine?
You call yourself
a soldier, moron?!
Shut the hell up!
You stupid bastard.
Do magazines have legs, then?
Christ, are you out of
your goddamn mind?
Young-sik...
Is this your doing?
Did you toss his magazine?!
It wasn’t me!
I had no choice!
Sgt. Park ordered me to do it!
Sgt. Han?
Sgt. Song!
Sgt. Han!
What happened?
We were supposed to
go on vacation together.
Who was it?
Who did this to him?!
It’s the deserter.
That bastard killed him!
No, there never was a deserter.
Min Young-sik
Shot in neck and shoulder,
died instantly on the scene.
Parents refuted the suicide,
and requested a reinvestigation.
Testimony: Cho Sung-hoon
Bang, bang, I heard 2 shots.
Pvt. Min, who was on
the suicide watchlist,
went missing during our
ambush training at 1600 hours.
I heard a gunshot then.
My platoon ran to the sound,
and found Min with gunshot
wounds on his neck and chest.
I called it a suicide,
and reported to the base,
and followed the battalion
commander’s orders.
This makes sense?
How did they put Min
on the suicide watchlist?
Lt. Cho’s testimony
doesn’t make sense!
How could he shoot himself twice
while killing himself?!
We were told that
it was a burst fire.
Right?
Yes, that’s correct.
- Clean that up.
- Yes, sir.
You can’t barge in here!
Where's the commander?
He went to inspect
the training facility.
Please leave.
I got an earful from him
early in the morning.
Why?
Lt. Lim came here yesterday.
He found out and went berserk,
please get out at once.
Why was she here?
I said I’d shine her boots
and she took up my offer.
She was going in and out
of here, then ran off.
She left her boots
like Cinderella.
Jeez...
Wait...
What are you doing?
Lt. Lim did not commit suicide.
Kang Sung-gu.
I’m absolutely sure.
I’m gonna find out
the real cause...
You can champion that
after the autopsy.
I bet.
You already determined it
a suicide before arriving here.
What?
If not, why did you
bring me here?
What happened to you?
As a Military Academy grad,
you’re discharging as a captain.
Your future was set 7 years ago,
when you cried corruption
of a brigade commander.
I don’t regret that decision.
You got a startup meeting.
Fine.
Do whatever you want.
If it wasn’t the deserter or you,
then who was it?
It can’t be,
it has to be the deserter.
I saw him too.
The deserter mission area
isn’t here.
Corp. Park said someone
was here.
The man I saw
was Min Young-sik.
Does that make sense?
He died last year.
You’re putting the blame
on him again?
You pushed it as a suicide.
Lieutenant, your knife...
Then the one who
stabbed Sgt. Han...
It wasn’t me!
Where’s your knife then?
We’ll return to base.
Once we’re back,
I’ll expose everything.
No one can leave before
we find out who killed them.
You did.
It wasn’t me.
I didn’t do it!
If you want to stay,
be my guest.
Lieutenant!
It was!
A suicide!
Min is already dead!
We must stop additional sacrifices!
What did these men do wrong?
They all deserve,
to go home, no?
For that reason,
your testimony is excellent.
But as your superior,
I have to know
what really happened.
Write it again.
The real one.
No need to be nervous.
This version...
is the one I’ll be submitting.
Lieutenant, I’m really curious.
Did you really kill Pvt. Kim
and Corp. Park?
With Han like that,
I’m so lost!
I really believe you,
but what I don’t get is...
- Song!
- Yes, sir?
What the hell!
Sgt. Yoo!
Sgt. Yoo!
Lt. Cho, you bastard!
I got vacation next week...
Sgt. Yoo, are you okay?
That piece of crap,
he wants to kill us all.
Damn it!
Sung-ho!
What do we do?
Go back and tell the truth.
Where is it?
The deserter is found!
- Current location?
- We’re verifying that.
Where’s 3rd platoon?
They should’ve been back,
but not yet, sir.
What?!
Tiger, Tiger, this is Eagle, over.
Tiger, come in,
this is Eagle, over.
Try again.
They went dark since the morning.
Tiger, come in,
this is Eagle, over.
No other comms?
Let’s see...
At 10:12,
guard post 307 reported
gunshots from the DMZ.
- Was this reported?
- Yes, sir.
The battalion commander
told me to just monitor it.
What?
- Capt. Kang!
- Get lost!
Captain, you can’t go in there...
What was the objective
of this mission?
The deserter was reported
at 17:32 last night.
Why were they deployed
early in the morning?
I’m the one in charge
of all missions in the DMZ.
Min Young-sik died
a year ago today.
I’m sure you know that
Lt. Cho’s report
was a complete fabrication.
Lt. Lim was reinvestigating
that incident,
and she probably found
the real testimony.
From right here.
You found that out and
went to her dorm.
And there...
You bastard...
A murder could’ve taken place.
You bastard,
say that one more time.
What was the real purpose
of this mission?
Kang Sung-gu.
3rd platoon is back!
But just 1 man.
Run!
Dumbhead, get in!
Salute!
What happened?
Where are others?
Go outside.
I need to hear what happened.
Everyone out!
Take him outside!
I’m the investigator!
I have the right to listen!
What happened?
I asked you a question, soldier!
We were chasing the deserter...
We split up...
and a mine went off...
and there was a skirmish...
I collapsed...
and the firefight...
Then Lt. Cho...
I don’t know...
I can’t remember...
3rd platoon?
They haven’t returned, sir.
Don’t let anyone in
before they return.
Yes, sir! Salute!
Startup Support: Please attend
the meeting by 3 PM today.
Dammit...
I heard you’re discharging soon.
20 days left.
You should wrap it up
when the platoon returns.
That’s how it is here.
If you’re not going to go
all the way, don’t bother.
Is that how Min’s case
got shelved a year ago?
Salute!
Get it together!
Get off!
What’s wrong?
Out! Out!
What happened?!
1 injured, rest are all dead.
The survivor?
Sgt. Yoo is in a bad shape,
he’s been admitted.
Salute!
You really can’t go in there,
you could get me killed!
What happened?
What went down in there?
Jang Sung-ho!
Everyone went mad...
Lt. Col. Baek’s rape...
That was the start of it all.
This mission was deployed
to kill Pvt. Kim,
the witness of the rape...
Lt. Cho intended to disguise
the incident as a mine accident.
But Sgt. Bae got killed...
and everything went to trash.
When we became suspicious,
Lt. Cho killed everyone.
He tried to make it
look like it was the deserter.
Sgt. Yoo and I were
the last ones left...
and I shot Lt. Cho
in the firefight...
What about Sgt. Yoo?
He was shot by the deserter.
I ran like hell...
Do you have
anything else to hide?
You have nothing to say
in front of your dead men?
Why did you kill Lt. Lim?
Because of the testimony?
Or the rape?
That...
was an accident.
Lt. Lim So-yeon
Open this door!
What’s going on?
Where is the testimony?
I don’t know what you mean.
I asked you where it is.
I’ll be requesting a formal
reinvestigation of Pvt. Min.
Give it back.
If it’s true, we must
follow laws and protocols...
What the hell do you know
about DMZ?!
Where is it?! Tell me!
Where is it?!
- Tell me!
- Please don’t do this!
Please leave!
If you don’t,
I’ll report everything.
Lt. Lim, what you see
isn’t everything.
But you still can’t hide the truth!
We’re in a wartime situation,
I decide the truth!
So you covered it up
as a suicide?
Where is the testimony?
So many men...
are dead because of it.
Had the truth come out
about Min’s death,
Korea would’ve lost a good officer.
And lives of my men
would’ve been in ruins.
Do you think...
that exonerates your actions?
The living...
must go on living.
Stop your bullcrap!
In the end,
it was for your own survival.
In the DMZ!
One can’t achieve
the best outcome.
If you want to arrest me,
follow the procedure.
Yes, Lt. Col. Baek confessed.
Corp. Jang will back it up.
Yes, I understand.
Capt. Kang!
It’s the deserter file
you asked for.
Thank you.
- Sgt. Hwang?
- Yes, sir?
Is the body location correct?
It’s not the 3rd platoon’s
mission area.
That was sent from the division.
He was shot by the deserter.
I ran like hell...
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae
Salute.
Capt. Kang, you really can’t,
I’m begging you.
Capt. Kang!
I don’t believe it!
Corp. Jang Sung-ho
Hey, you two are enlisting together,
what’s there to be afraid of?
Am I right?
Right?
Sung-ho, it’s less than 2 years,
let’s go all the way.
It’ll go quick, right?
It’ll be over in a blink.
Probably, right?
Of course!
I’ll visit often,
just to see Young-sik!
You punks!
Break up.
2 years is long enough.
I’ll introduce you
to a cute older gal...
Trainee Jang Sung-ho!
You need a good beating,
come here...
Hey, hey!
Let’s take one last selfie
as civilians.
- Yeah?
- Sure!
Here we go, one, two!
The real testimony you mentioned...
I found it.
This is why you didn’t tell me?
Sung-ho.
You should’ve said so...
You’re a friend...
Just verify that this is correct.
The position’s all wrong.
This angle isn’t easy to pull off.
- I love it...
- Yeah?
You like it?
You...
killed us all.
I don’t regret my decision.
Then and even now.
Jang Sung-ho!
You came to seek revenge?
Lim So-yeon and Min Young-sik...
You came to avenge them?
The deserter was never
at the 3rd platoon’s mission area.
Who shot Sgt. Yoo?
What happened to the 3rd platoon?
It was me.
I killed those
who deserved to die.
Why?
For what?!
Everything started,
on the day Young-sik died.
What happened that day?
Young-sik...
was killed by us all.
What?
Why is that important now?
I’m still...
alive like this?
No!
No! God no!
10 days later
Ministry of Defense, Investigation HQ
End the investigation?
What’s going on?
It’s from the top.
Nothing’s been confirmed!
If it ends like this...
Will you get it together?!
8 men from a platoon died.
We have to find out
how they died!
What will you do with that?
Have you thought about
who’d want this?
Rather than meaningless deaths,
it could be honorable,
so their family could be compensated,
are you really that thick?!
Even so!
They’ll want to know the truth.
It’s already settled
with the rep of their families.
Dammit!
What about Min Young-sik?
And Lt. Lim?!
They all committed suicide!
Buddy!
Capt. Kang Sung-gu.
Don’t even bring them up.
Go away.
Sir.
Please wait until
Sgt. Yoo wakes up.
You think he’ll spill everything
like you imagine it?
You think he’ll say
Corp. Jang shot them all?
Get discharged without an incident.
You got 10 days left.
Yeah, hey.
What? Wasn’t it in 2 days?
Damn...
Lt. Lim So-yeon, who suffered
serious depression,
committed suicide when she
couldn’t adjust to the army life.
Early morning that day
in the guard post 307 area,
a mission to capture
a deserter was carried out.
It resulted in a skirmish
with North Korea,
and 8 of our men died,
with 1 injured.
North Korean army also
suffered damages,
and Lt. Col. Baek Young-cheol
was overwhelmed with responsibility
and took his own life.
The army is deeply saddened
by loss of a great leader and men,
and as per violation of
Armistice Agreement...
Stop this nonsense, douchebag!
This press briefing is a sham!
It’s all a lie!
Pull him out!
North Korea was not involved!
Pvt. Min Young-sik,
Lt. Lim So-yeon,
and all men of 3rd platoon,
deserve reinvestigation!
Pull him out!
North Korea did not do this!
If not, then who is behind it?
Who is Pvt. Min Young-sik?
What’s a lie?
Let go of me!
Do you have any evidence?
Are they hiding something?
A survivor of this incident exists!
Who’s the survivor?!
- Is this true?
- Who is it?
He’s right.
There is a survivor.
Who’s the survivor?
Who is it?
He’s here.
It’s the survivor!
State your name and rank.
2019 Recon, 3rd platoon,
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae.
Sgt. Yoo,
could you tell us
what happened that day?
Will you turn Corp. Jang
into a murderer?
Think about what their families
need the most right now.
Sang-tae.
Don’t you want to go home?
On January 13 at 04:07,
the 3rd platoon entered
the DMZ to arrest a deserter
in the guard post 307 area.
But due to unprovoked
North Korean gunshots,
my men were shot,
and a firefight broke out...
One by one...
they began to die.
And I...
fled the area with Corp. Jang,
and managed to survive...
and returned to the base alone.
That will be all for now.
As you can see,
he needs to rest.
Do you have
anything else to say?
How did you survive?
Did North Korea start this?
What’s going on?
Do you want to
say something else?
Tell us!
We’re all behind this incident!
Yoo Sang-tae...
We...
caused this incident!
Go on, get him out!
What are you doing?!
He wants to say more!
Let him talk!
Sgt. Yoo!
We caused this!
Let go of me!
What did you do to him!
What did you do?!
Quiet down please,
we’ll continue with the briefing.
Once the survivor stabilizes,
we will schedule...
Sgt. Yoo!
Sgt. Yoo!
Yoo Sang-tae!
Yoo Sang-tae!
What are you doing?
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae,
I’m so sorry.
Wait, did you...
You know there’s something
I should’ve done a long time ago.
Sung-ho, but this is...
I’m sorry.
I still have something
left to finish.
We won’t have ramen
together anymore.
I saved up so many of them.
- We are one!
- I’m going home!
Lt. Lim So-yeon...
I’m sorry.
As the cold air swoops in,
atmosphere circulation will improve,
and micro dust index will drop.
With clearer field of vision,
you’ll see blue sky...
Yoo Sang-tae.
Congrats on your discharge.
We’ve met once before,
do you remember?
That day...
what were you trying to say?
It’s all in the past.
Not yet.
Because I haven’t given up.
Didn’t you discharge?
Why are you going this far?
It’s embarrassing.
You pretend not to know
even though you do.
Presidential Truth Commission
on Deaths in the Military
Someone said once,
truth will always be
revealed in the end.
Do you think Lt. Lim
also thought that way?
Lim, Min and Jang,
did you know they were friends?
This is a testimony
written by Lt. Cho.
How did you...
Testimony: Cho Sung-hoon
I propped him against a tree
and made it look like a suicide.
Sgt. Yoo!
If this is true,
Jang had his revenge,
why did he need to
kill everyone?
The three of them...
should be together by now?
Please no!
Sgt. Park, this is wrong!
Do you want to get blasted?!
This is still not right!
Will you be happy
when we’re all in jail?!
Get your mind together!
Lt. Cho!
You can’t do this, sir.
Lieutenant!
Please don’t do this...
Lt. Cho!
Min Young-sik
Here, you do it.
Why are you asking me?
I gave you an order, moron!
Hey, bring that bastard over.
You do it!
Pardon?
You enlisted together.
This is how we all get to live.
I can’t do it!
Take this.
He’s already dead.
Hold it, bastard!
I can’t! Please!
Sung-ho...
Don’t forget,
we’re all accomplices.
We must take this to our graves.
You all got that?!
Yes, sir!
Hey, hey!
Pvt. Min Young-sik!
Stop zoning out, okay?
Young-sik! I told you to
grabs the ball!
Get over here,
let’s take the pic!
Smile, guys!
Show me your teeth!
Move aside, brat!
He said move!
Do I need to tell you?
How else would I know?!
New recruits,
you two smile for real.
Yes, sir!
Stormy 3rd platoon!
- We are!
- One!
THE RECON
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- Let’s go!
- Take this!
Joon-su!
Dammit!
Seriously?!
You’re out, trash!
Get the hell out.
Mine!
- Nice!
- Awesome!
Nice!
Good, here we go!
Nice shot, sir!
Attention!
This is HR officer Lt. Lim So-yeon,
she’ll be with us for a month.
Lt. Lim, could you kick us the ball?
Over here! Kick it here!
- Nice!
- Mine!
Take this!
THE RECON
Capt. Kang Sung-gu
She’s up at this hour?
Look who it is!
I was actually thinking of
giving you a call.
Where are you stationed at?
Captain, I need to
consult you on something.
Yeah? What is it?
Go on.
The thing is...
- I’ll call you right back.
- Captain!
I don’t believe this!
They could fetch it themselves...
Little punks...
What’s that?
Please don’t do this!
I’m so doomed...
Time went by quickly,
it’s been a year already.
Young-sik should be
doing okay?
Lt. Lim came by earlier.
She’s being tricky.
One-on-one interview’s enough.
Even if we enlisted together...
Sgt. Yoo, I think I should...
Hang in there.
She’ll be gone after
the upcoming tactical training.
Sgt. Yoo!
Holy crap!
I just witnessed something
as spectacle as a tsunami!
Get lost and pass out.
There’s no time for that.
Man, I watched it happen
with my eyeballs...
Watched what?
Lt. Col. Baek was
like a wild stallion.
He took Lt. Lim from behind,
and he was like...
I think it came from here...
Training Officer
Lt. Lim So-yeon
Lt. Lim!
- I’ll take care of it.
- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.
- Salute.
Salute!
Did I disturb your sleep?
I was going over tomorrow’s
training program.
May I ask what this is about?
Have you heard?
Truth Commission
on Deaths in the Military,
it’ll likely be resurrected this year.
- Defense Ministry’s inves...
- I guess...
they were uncomfortable
resolving the issue.
Since the media’s up in arms,
they want another go.
No need to worry.
That incident wasn’t your fault.
If you’re so worried,
you could destroy all records.
Do you know...
why Jesus was nailed
to the cross?
He tried to save
every single lamb.
That’s why people say
he’s great.
But I’ll gladly sacrifice that lamb.
I have a mission for you.
What’s dope about it is,
Lt. Lim turned back like this...
Hey, hey!
Are you messing with us?
Corp. Park, as a future
career soldier,
do I look like someone
who’d lie about this?
I’m serious, Lt. Colonel
grabbed her hair,
pulled down her pants.
- And from behind like this...
- Song, re-enact it for us.
Stop eating that.
- Song, re-enact!
- Yeah!
Legs apart more!
In this position,
he grabbed her hair!
- I love it...
- Yeah?
- Faster!
- Faster?
- You bastard.
- She just took it.
What are you doing?
That’s the emergency siren!
Where are you going?!
Hurry! Go!
A deserter was reported
at guard post 307!
He shot a senior soldier
and ran into the DMZ.
Your mission is to search
the DMZ and arrest the deserter.
You are allowed to open fire
as per rules of engagement,
but do not engage
the North Koreans.
What the hell are you doing?!
Salute!
Salute.
It looks to be a suicide, sir.
Anything else?
Nothing out of ordinary,
no suicide note either.
- Report it.
- Yes, sir.
Division HQ
Amazing.
Capt. Kang!
You said you’d be done by 4!
Sgt. Kim, come here.
I’m developing this
for my diner menu, it’s...
Forget it, you always
make me eat weird crap...
I went too easy on you!
Get over here!
Could you not drink
booze in the kitchen?
Here, taste it.
How is it?
So hot!
What a mess!
Who’d pay for this?
Buddy, this is incredible!
What are you talking about?
It’s so delicious.
Salute!
Sir, could you critique this?
I made it...
with dried radish greens,
it’s incredible.
Get ready, we got a suicide.
I’m off duty today.
I got a startup meeting at 3,
and I gotta meet with
real estate agent...
Come out in 5.
But there’s Lt. Han
and Master Sgt. Yoo too...
Sir!
Come on...
Idiot!
There, there!
Wait in ambush with Corp. Jang.
Yes, sir.
- Come with me.
- Pardon?
Take the lead.
Pardon? Me, sir?
Take the lead!
Lt. Cho?
- Is this the right way?
- It is.
Lt. Cho...
I think I stepped on a mine.
Wait, wait, wait!
Lt. Cho, what are you doing?
Who’s there?!
It’s me, Joon-su,
Pvt. Kim Joon-su, sir!
I’ll shoot if you move!
Please don’t shoot me!
I won’t move at all!
I’ve never seen
a goddamn moron like you!
Damn!
Stupid moron!
1 year ago
A soldier lost a magazine?
You call yourself
a soldier, moron?!
Yo, Seoul U.
What’s the use of your brain,
when you’re useless?
I’m sorry, sir.
I had it a moment ago...
Shut the hell up!
Min, you stupid bastard.
Do magazines have legs, then?
What will you tell them
when you return?!
You dodged?
Christ, are you out of
your goddamn mind?
Hello? Is anyone there?
Crap...
Dear Lord in heaven...
Darn it, Sgt. Yoo!
Corp. Park!
Salute!
Salute!
It’s been a while.
How’s your father?
Still well?
He’s busy with expansion of
the Bundang Army Hospital.
And you, sir?
Everything’s the same here.
I haven’t seen him before.
He transferred 7 months ago.
He’s discharging next month.
Capt. Kang Sung-gu, sir.
My apologies,
I’m in a bit of rush...
Bloodstain direction,
gunpowder scent,
no other external wounds...
we’ll have to do an autopsy,
but it looks to be a suicide.
Done already?
Do you even know how long
you were in there?
I’m sorry, sir.
Get the photos
and submit a report.
One second, sir...
You know I got
the startup meeting later.
So write it quickly.
I got a meeting too.
I will, sir.
Stairs here are steep,
be careful.
She came all the way here
only to die...
Take it easy, you bastards.
I’m sorry.
Lim So-yeon
Is anyone there?
That sounds like Joon-su.
Park and Song, follow,
you two, standby.
First time in the DMZ?
I came here once
as a private.
Did you know this place
is a mass grave?
I didn’t, sir.
When you dig a hole here,
you’ll find bodies.
Americans, us too,
when something happens,
bodies get buried and covered up.
Demilitarized Zone?
Screw that.
This place is filled with
resentful souls, a Soul Zone.
They buried mines
to hide those facts.
Hey!
And we’re smack in the middle.
Please help me!
Over there!
- Is anyone there?!
- Hey, Pvt. Kim!
Sgt. 1st Class Bae!
I’m saved!
What are you doing?
I stepped on a mine!
Don’t move a muscle.
Be careful, sir!
We’re in a minefield!
I said don’t move, you brat!
Be careful!
Lt. Cho was going to kill me.
I’m serious! He was...
Shut the hell up
and don’t move, moron!
He really tried to kill me!
Look at this!
He brought me here to kill me!
That must be it.
It’s because I witnessed
the rape, so to hide...
- She’s dead.
- Pardon?
Who do you mean?
Lt. Lim committed suicide
early this morning.
Damn, that’s why I was sent...
Deserter spotted!
Cease fire, you bastards!
The deserter shot first.
Following the rules of engagement...
What?!
Is it true?
Were you trying to
kill Joon-su?
What are you talking about?
Tell us!
It’s because he witnessed
Lt. Col. Baek’s rape!
You son of a...!
What the hell do you know?!
Are you out of your mind?!
Eat trash!
Son of a...!
What are you doing?!
Let me go, bastard!
Fess up!
Fess up, bastards!
Who’s got the balls to yap away?!
Was it you?
Was it?
What are you doing,
are you nuts?!
Park, put the gun down.
Put that down!
Lt. Cho!
Put it down, dumbhead!
Lt. Cho!
The Dreyfus Affair.
In 1894, French officer Dreyfus
was convicted of treason for
allegedly being a German spy.
It took 100 years before
the army accepted their mistake.
Min-seob?
How are you?
If you leave now,
you’ll fail this program.
Okay.
This case sets a precedent,
that when those who fight
for truth and justice don’t give up,
the truth will always be
revealed in the end.
Aren’t you taking it too seriously?
You were like that
when you were my boss.
Me?
You were legendary
for your seriousness.
You got the boot for digging
into military corruption too.
That’s why you should
take it easy.
‘Truth will be revealed’
is only in a textbook...
You don’t remember?
That’s what you said.
Army Note
Lt. Lim So-yeon
HR Priorities
1. New Recruit Credibility Test...
Protest to Investigate
Mysterious Army Death
- Min Young-sik, could not adjust?
- Real testimony exists?
Min Young-sik?
Army sentences 4 for murder
over death of Pvt. Yoon
“The Dreyfus Affair.
Truth will be revealed,”
Capt. Kang Sung-gu
Because of her likable personality,
she got along with everyone.
Everyone went to consult her,
saying they were depressed.
Was she acting weird yesterday?
She looked a bit tired,
but this is ATT period.
I feel bad for her.
Do you know...
someone named Min Young-sik?
- Min Young-sik?
- Yes.
He committed suicide
in the 3rd platoon.
Suicide?
He shot himself on his
first DMZ training.
Why do you ask?
It’s nothing, just curious.
She had no motives
to kill herself.
She adjusted well to the army life.
If you dig for motives,
you’ll constantly find more.
But even so...
Don’t you have a meeting?
Send the report.
Did you know a private
named Min Young-sik?
It looked like Lt. Lim was
reinvestigating his case.
Are you implying that this case
is somehow related to that?
She didn’t have
a reason to kill herself.
So, have you found anything?
No, sir.
If a hunch is all you got,
get back to me when you
find something solid.
I was taught that all cases
start with a hunch.
Christ...
Have you ever stationed
at the DMZ?
No, sir.
This is the spearhead
of the frontline.
You can never show your weakness.
You'll be discharged soon?
Dismissed, Capt. Kang.
Lt. Han, do me a favor.
Could you send me
Pvt. Min’s suicide case files,
and Lt. Lim So-yeon’s too, ASAP.
What happened?
What the hell happened?!
Lt. Cho apparently cut
the comm cord...
What do you mean?
Lt. Lim So-yeon committed suicide.
What?
It’s because of Lt. Col. Baek’s
sexual assault.
Joon-su witnessed it,
so he ordered Lt. Cho to kill him.
Are you all right?
Damn it...
What happened?
Where’s that bastard
Park Kyung-su?
Joon-su and Sgt. 1st Class Bae are dead.
Did Lt. Col. Baek...
Where the hell did he go?
Bunch of craps...
Where did that moron go?
That way, sir!
Who's there?!
Hands up!
I'll shoot if you move!
The deserter?
Who are you?
Come on out!
Come out here, bastard!
It's a suicide!
Why do you think so?
I think he wanted to screw us.
It's a suicide for sure!
Why are you doing this?!
Get your hands off of me.
Our men are dead.
This isn't the time nor place!
Do-cheol! Hey!
Moron!
Are you out of
your goddamn mind?!
There's something...
Where’s what, thickhead?!
Someone's here,
there's someone here!
Cease fire!
Cease fire!
Kyung-su! Park Kyung-su!
Goddammit, who was it?!
He was shot from behind.
Someone shot him
from the back.
What’s with you all?
Why’re you looking at me?
It wasn’t me!
Crap, you’re at it again?
Just like when you
killed Young-sik?
You killed Kyung-su.
No, I didn’t sense it at all.
How did Lt. Lim look yesterday?
She felt the same as always.
She was close to the 3rd platoon.
She had a counseling session
with Corp. Jang yesterday.
Around what time?
After 5? They sounded serious.
3rd platoon
Orderly?
Salute.
Is the 3rd platoon on duty?
They were sent on a mission
to DMZ to find a deserter.
They haven't returned?
That's right, sir.
Salute.
Stormy 3rd Platoon,
We Are One!
1st Company, 3rd Platoon Register
Yoo Sang-tae.
Han Min-seok.
Park Kyung-su.
Jang Sung-ho.
These are the 3rd platoon files
you requested.
I see.
- Capt. Lee?
- Yes?
How did Lt. Lim transfer here?
There wasn’t a program for her.
I heard she got an approval
from Defense Ministry herself.
Is that right?
Okay.
Sgt. Ko Tae-seok
Pvt. Min Young-sik
Friend: Jang Sung-ho
- Enlisted together
- Death – 1.13.2016
Sgt. Park Il-su
Hello,
I’m Il-su’s predecessor
Kang Sung-gu.
Did he...
It’s enough already!
I talked to the lady lieutenant!
My boy killed himself!
Capt. Lee Presumably Murdered
- Ko Dae-seok / Park Il-su
- Platoon knew anything?
Platoon knew anything?
Consult Counselor Kim Ji-hyun
I don’t know.
So stop coming by!
Park Il-su
- Min Young-sik, could not adjust?
- Real testimony exists?
Lt. Han: I emailed you
Min Young-sik files
You piece of trash!
How dare you!
I’ll beat you up!
What are you all doing?
Hold him back!
You trash!
What did you just say?
Did I say something wrong?
Young-sik died because of you!
That case ended as a suicide!
It’s a closed case!
Did you know today is
his death anniversary?
You killed them all!
I said it wasn’t me!
If not!
Then why did you take
Joon-su into the minefield?
What the hell’s going on?
Then...
are we next?
Who is that?
Who are you?!
Damn it...
We’re running again?
Wait for me!
Lt. Cho!
Sung-ho!
Crap...
Where the hell did everyone go?
Holy crap!
I don’t think I should...
Do it, douchebag.
Buddy.
Don’t get involved.
Friend or not, you gotta
cover your butt first.
But this is...
I hate guys who get in my face.
2nd Lt. Cho is perfect
for grilling guys like them.
No?
A soldier lost a magazine?
You call yourself
a soldier, moron?!
Shut the hell up!
You stupid bastard.
Do magazines have legs, then?
Christ, are you out of
your goddamn mind?
Young-sik...
Is this your doing?
Did you toss his magazine?!
It wasn’t me!
I had no choice!
Sgt. Park ordered me to do it!
Sgt. Han?
Sgt. Song!
Sgt. Han!
What happened?
We were supposed to
go on vacation together.
Who was it?
Who did this to him?!
It’s the deserter.
That bastard killed him!
No, there never was a deserter.
Min Young-sik
Shot in neck and shoulder,
died instantly on the scene.
Parents refuted the suicide,
and requested a reinvestigation.
Testimony: Cho Sung-hoon
Bang, bang, I heard 2 shots.
Pvt. Min, who was on
the suicide watchlist,
went missing during our
ambush training at 1600 hours.
I heard a gunshot then.
My platoon ran to the sound,
and found Min with gunshot
wounds on his neck and chest.
I called it a suicide,
and reported to the base,
and followed the battalion
commander’s orders.
This makes sense?
How did they put Min
on the suicide watchlist?
Lt. Cho’s testimony
doesn’t make sense!
How could he shoot himself twice
while killing himself?!
We were told that
it was a burst fire.
Right?
Yes, that’s correct.
- Clean that up.
- Yes, sir.
You can’t barge in here!
Where's the commander?
He went to inspect
the training facility.
Please leave.
I got an earful from him
early in the morning.
Why?
Lt. Lim came here yesterday.
He found out and went berserk,
please get out at once.
Why was she here?
I said I’d shine her boots
and she took up my offer.
She was going in and out
of here, then ran off.
She left her boots
like Cinderella.
Jeez...
Wait...
What are you doing?
Lt. Lim did not commit suicide.
Kang Sung-gu.
I’m absolutely sure.
I’m gonna find out
the real cause...
You can champion that
after the autopsy.
I bet.
You already determined it
a suicide before arriving here.
What?
If not, why did you
bring me here?
What happened to you?
As a Military Academy grad,
you’re discharging as a captain.
Your future was set 7 years ago,
when you cried corruption
of a brigade commander.
I don’t regret that decision.
You got a startup meeting.
Fine.
Do whatever you want.
If it wasn’t the deserter or you,
then who was it?
It can’t be,
it has to be the deserter.
I saw him too.
The deserter mission area
isn’t here.
Corp. Park said someone
was here.
The man I saw
was Min Young-sik.
Does that make sense?
He died last year.
You’re putting the blame
on him again?
You pushed it as a suicide.
Lieutenant, your knife...
Then the one who
stabbed Sgt. Han...
It wasn’t me!
Where’s your knife then?
We’ll return to base.
Once we’re back,
I’ll expose everything.
No one can leave before
we find out who killed them.
You did.
It wasn’t me.
I didn’t do it!
If you want to stay,
be my guest.
Lieutenant!
It was!
A suicide!
Min is already dead!
We must stop additional sacrifices!
What did these men do wrong?
They all deserve,
to go home, no?
For that reason,
your testimony is excellent.
But as your superior,
I have to know
what really happened.
Write it again.
The real one.
No need to be nervous.
This version...
is the one I’ll be submitting.
Lieutenant, I’m really curious.
Did you really kill Pvt. Kim
and Corp. Park?
With Han like that,
I’m so lost!
I really believe you,
but what I don’t get is...
- Song!
- Yes, sir?
What the hell!
Sgt. Yoo!
Sgt. Yoo!
Lt. Cho, you bastard!
I got vacation next week...
Sgt. Yoo, are you okay?
That piece of crap,
he wants to kill us all.
Damn it!
Sung-ho!
What do we do?
Go back and tell the truth.
Where is it?
The deserter is found!
- Current location?
- We’re verifying that.
Where’s 3rd platoon?
They should’ve been back,
but not yet, sir.
What?!
Tiger, Tiger, this is Eagle, over.
Tiger, come in,
this is Eagle, over.
Try again.
They went dark since the morning.
Tiger, come in,
this is Eagle, over.
No other comms?
Let’s see...
At 10:12,
guard post 307 reported
gunshots from the DMZ.
- Was this reported?
- Yes, sir.
The battalion commander
told me to just monitor it.
What?
- Capt. Kang!
- Get lost!
Captain, you can’t go in there...
What was the objective
of this mission?
The deserter was reported
at 17:32 last night.
Why were they deployed
early in the morning?
I’m the one in charge
of all missions in the DMZ.
Min Young-sik died
a year ago today.
I’m sure you know that
Lt. Cho’s report
was a complete fabrication.
Lt. Lim was reinvestigating
that incident,
and she probably found
the real testimony.
From right here.
You found that out and
went to her dorm.
And there...
You bastard...
A murder could’ve taken place.
You bastard,
say that one more time.
What was the real purpose
of this mission?
Kang Sung-gu.
3rd platoon is back!
But just 1 man.
Run!
Dumbhead, get in!
Salute!
What happened?
Where are others?
Go outside.
I need to hear what happened.
Everyone out!
Take him outside!
I’m the investigator!
I have the right to listen!
What happened?
I asked you a question, soldier!
We were chasing the deserter...
We split up...
and a mine went off...
and there was a skirmish...
I collapsed...
and the firefight...
Then Lt. Cho...
I don’t know...
I can’t remember...
3rd platoon?
They haven’t returned, sir.
Don’t let anyone in
before they return.
Yes, sir! Salute!
Startup Support: Please attend
the meeting by 3 PM today.
Dammit...
I heard you’re discharging soon.
20 days left.
You should wrap it up
when the platoon returns.
That’s how it is here.
If you’re not going to go
all the way, don’t bother.
Is that how Min’s case
got shelved a year ago?
Salute!
Get it together!
Get off!
What’s wrong?
Out! Out!
What happened?!
1 injured, rest are all dead.
The survivor?
Sgt. Yoo is in a bad shape,
he’s been admitted.
Salute!
You really can’t go in there,
you could get me killed!
What happened?
What went down in there?
Jang Sung-ho!
Everyone went mad...
Lt. Col. Baek’s rape...
That was the start of it all.
This mission was deployed
to kill Pvt. Kim,
the witness of the rape...
Lt. Cho intended to disguise
the incident as a mine accident.
But Sgt. Bae got killed...
and everything went to trash.
When we became suspicious,
Lt. Cho killed everyone.
He tried to make it
look like it was the deserter.
Sgt. Yoo and I were
the last ones left...
and I shot Lt. Cho
in the firefight...
What about Sgt. Yoo?
He was shot by the deserter.
I ran like hell...
Do you have
anything else to hide?
You have nothing to say
in front of your dead men?
Why did you kill Lt. Lim?
Because of the testimony?
Or the rape?
That...
was an accident.
Lt. Lim So-yeon
Open this door!
What’s going on?
Where is the testimony?
I don’t know what you mean.
I asked you where it is.
I’ll be requesting a formal
reinvestigation of Pvt. Min.
Give it back.
If it’s true, we must
follow laws and protocols...
What the hell do you know
about DMZ?!
Where is it?! Tell me!
Where is it?!
- Tell me!
- Please don’t do this!
Please leave!
If you don’t,
I’ll report everything.
Lt. Lim, what you see
isn’t everything.
But you still can’t hide the truth!
We’re in a wartime situation,
I decide the truth!
So you covered it up
as a suicide?
Where is the testimony?
So many men...
are dead because of it.
Had the truth come out
about Min’s death,
Korea would’ve lost a good officer.
And lives of my men
would’ve been in ruins.
Do you think...
that exonerates your actions?
The living...
must go on living.
Stop your bullcrap!
In the end,
it was for your own survival.
In the DMZ!
One can’t achieve
the best outcome.
If you want to arrest me,
follow the procedure.
Yes, Lt. Col. Baek confessed.
Corp. Jang will back it up.
Yes, I understand.
Capt. Kang!
It’s the deserter file
you asked for.
Thank you.
- Sgt. Hwang?
- Yes, sir?
Is the body location correct?
It’s not the 3rd platoon’s
mission area.
That was sent from the division.
He was shot by the deserter.
I ran like hell...
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae
Salute.
Capt. Kang, you really can’t,
I’m begging you.
Capt. Kang!
I don’t believe it!
Corp. Jang Sung-ho
Hey, you two are enlisting together,
what’s there to be afraid of?
Am I right?
Right?
Sung-ho, it’s less than 2 years,
let’s go all the way.
It’ll go quick, right?
It’ll be over in a blink.
Probably, right?
Of course!
I’ll visit often,
just to see Young-sik!
You punks!
Break up.
2 years is long enough.
I’ll introduce you
to a cute older gal...
Trainee Jang Sung-ho!
You need a good beating,
come here...
Hey, hey!
Let’s take one last selfie
as civilians.
- Yeah?
- Sure!
Here we go, one, two!
The real testimony you mentioned...
I found it.
This is why you didn’t tell me?
Sung-ho.
You should’ve said so...
You’re a friend...
Just verify that this is correct.
The position’s all wrong.
This angle isn’t easy to pull off.
- I love it...
- Yeah?
You like it?
You...
killed us all.
I don’t regret my decision.
Then and even now.
Jang Sung-ho!
You came to seek revenge?
Lim So-yeon and Min Young-sik...
You came to avenge them?
The deserter was never
at the 3rd platoon’s mission area.
Who shot Sgt. Yoo?
What happened to the 3rd platoon?
It was me.
I killed those
who deserved to die.
Why?
For what?!
Everything started,
on the day Young-sik died.
What happened that day?
Young-sik...
was killed by us all.
What?
Why is that important now?
I’m still...
alive like this?
No!
No! God no!
10 days later
Ministry of Defense, Investigation HQ
End the investigation?
What’s going on?
It’s from the top.
Nothing’s been confirmed!
If it ends like this...
Will you get it together?!
8 men from a platoon died.
We have to find out
how they died!
What will you do with that?
Have you thought about
who’d want this?
Rather than meaningless deaths,
it could be honorable,
so their family could be compensated,
are you really that thick?!
Even so!
They’ll want to know the truth.
It’s already settled
with the rep of their families.
Dammit!
What about Min Young-sik?
And Lt. Lim?!
They all committed suicide!
Buddy!
Capt. Kang Sung-gu.
Don’t even bring them up.
Go away.
Sir.
Please wait until
Sgt. Yoo wakes up.
You think he’ll spill everything
like you imagine it?
You think he’ll say
Corp. Jang shot them all?
Get discharged without an incident.
You got 10 days left.
Yeah, hey.
What? Wasn’t it in 2 days?
Damn...
Lt. Lim So-yeon, who suffered
serious depression,
committed suicide when she
couldn’t adjust to the army life.
Early morning that day
in the guard post 307 area,
a mission to capture
a deserter was carried out.
It resulted in a skirmish
with North Korea,
and 8 of our men died,
with 1 injured.
North Korean army also
suffered damages,
and Lt. Col. Baek Young-cheol
was overwhelmed with responsibility
and took his own life.
The army is deeply saddened
by loss of a great leader and men,
and as per violation of
Armistice Agreement...
Stop this nonsense, douchebag!
This press briefing is a sham!
It’s all a lie!
Pull him out!
North Korea was not involved!
Pvt. Min Young-sik,
Lt. Lim So-yeon,
and all men of 3rd platoon,
deserve reinvestigation!
Pull him out!
North Korea did not do this!
If not, then who is behind it?
Who is Pvt. Min Young-sik?
What’s a lie?
Let go of me!
Do you have any evidence?
Are they hiding something?
A survivor of this incident exists!
Who’s the survivor?!
- Is this true?
- Who is it?
He’s right.
There is a survivor.
Who’s the survivor?
Who is it?
He’s here.
It’s the survivor!
State your name and rank.
2019 Recon, 3rd platoon,
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae.
Sgt. Yoo,
could you tell us
what happened that day?
Will you turn Corp. Jang
into a murderer?
Think about what their families
need the most right now.
Sang-tae.
Don’t you want to go home?
On January 13 at 04:07,
the 3rd platoon entered
the DMZ to arrest a deserter
in the guard post 307 area.
But due to unprovoked
North Korean gunshots,
my men were shot,
and a firefight broke out...
One by one...
they began to die.
And I...
fled the area with Corp. Jang,
and managed to survive...
and returned to the base alone.
That will be all for now.
As you can see,
he needs to rest.
Do you have
anything else to say?
How did you survive?
Did North Korea start this?
What’s going on?
Do you want to
say something else?
Tell us!
We’re all behind this incident!
Yoo Sang-tae...
We...
caused this incident!
Go on, get him out!
What are you doing?!
He wants to say more!
Let him talk!
Sgt. Yoo!
We caused this!
Let go of me!
What did you do to him!
What did you do?!
Quiet down please,
we’ll continue with the briefing.
Once the survivor stabilizes,
we will schedule...
Sgt. Yoo!
Sgt. Yoo!
Yoo Sang-tae!
Yoo Sang-tae!
What are you doing?
Sgt. Yoo Sang-tae,
I’m so sorry.
Wait, did you...
You know there’s something
I should’ve done a long time ago.
Sung-ho, but this is...
I’m sorry.
I still have something
left to finish.
We won’t have ramen
together anymore.
I saved up so many of them.
- We are one!
- I’m going home!
Lt. Lim So-yeon...
I’m sorry.
As the cold air swoops in,
atmosphere circulation will improve,
and micro dust index will drop.
With clearer field of vision,
you’ll see blue sky...
Yoo Sang-tae.
Congrats on your discharge.
We’ve met once before,
do you remember?
That day...
what were you trying to say?
It’s all in the past.
Not yet.
Because I haven’t given up.
Didn’t you discharge?
Why are you going this far?
It’s embarrassing.
You pretend not to know
even though you do.
Presidential Truth Commission
on Deaths in the Military
Someone said once,
truth will always be
revealed in the end.
Do you think Lt. Lim
also thought that way?
Lim, Min and Jang,
did you know they were friends?
This is a testimony
written by Lt. Cho.
How did you...
Testimony: Cho Sung-hoon
I propped him against a tree
and made it look like a suicide.
Sgt. Yoo!
If this is true,
Jang had his revenge,
why did he need to
kill everyone?
The three of them...
should be together by now?
Please no!
Sgt. Park, this is wrong!
Do you want to get blasted?!
This is still not right!
Will you be happy
when we’re all in jail?!
Get your mind together!
Lt. Cho!
You can’t do this, sir.
Lieutenant!
Please don’t do this...
Lt. Cho!
Min Young-sik
Here, you do it.
Why are you asking me?
I gave you an order, moron!
Hey, bring that bastard over.
You do it!
Pardon?
You enlisted together.
This is how we all get to live.
I can’t do it!
Take this.
He’s already dead.
Hold it, bastard!
I can’t! Please!
Sung-ho...
Don’t forget,
we’re all accomplices.
We must take this to our graves.
You all got that?!
Yes, sir!
Hey, hey!
Pvt. Min Young-sik!
Stop zoning out, okay?
Young-sik! I told you to
grabs the ball!
Get over here,
let’s take the pic!
Smile, guys!
Show me your teeth!
Move aside, brat!
He said move!
Do I need to tell you?
How else would I know?!
New recruits,
you two smile for real.
Yes, sir!
Stormy 3rd platoon!
- We are!
- One!
THE RECON