pistol and commits suicide out of guilt for Woo-jin's death and Sung-shik's suicide attempt. The film concludes with an American tourist's photograph of the joint security area that accidentally contains all four soldiers prior to the incident. Cast Lee Young-ae as Maj. Sophie E. Jean Lee Byung-hun as Sgt. Lee Soo-hyuk (Korean: 이수혁) Song Kang-ho as Sgt. Oh Kyeong-pil (Korean: 오경필) Kim Tae-woo as Pvt. Nam Sung-sik (Korean: 남성식) Shin Ha-kyun as Pvt. Jung Woo-jin (Korean: 정우진) Christoph Hofrichter as Maj. Gen. Bruno Botta Herbert Ulrich as Capt. Persson. Production The Korean Demilitarized Zone depicted in the movie were sets that were made for the film, which was constructed at about 8000-Pyeong area in a film studio in Namyangju with a budget of 900 million won. Reception The film drew nearly half a million viewers in Seoul alone in its first week. Within 15 days of its release the film reached one million admissions and by early 2001 Joint Security Area had become the highest-grossing film in Korean film history. It was later passed by the films Friend, Silmido and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. Overall, JSA had 2,499,400 admissions in Seoul over its 20 weeks in the cinemas and an estimated 5.8 million admissions nationwide. The film was also very successful in Japan where it grossed ¥1,160,000,000 becoming one of the top grossing foreign productions of 2001. A DVD of the movie was presented to North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il by South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun during the Korean summit in October 2007. In 2009, director Quentin Tarantino named the film as one of his twenty favorite films since 1992. Awards and nominations 2000 Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Best Director – Park Chan-wook Best Supporting Actor – Shin Ha-kyun Best Cinematography – Kim Seong-bok 2000 Busan Film Critics Awards Best Actor – Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho 2000 Director's Cut Awards Best Director – Park Chan-wook Best Actor – Song Kang-ho Best New Actor – Shin Ha-kyun Best Producer – Shim Jae-myung 2001 Deauville Asian Film Festival Lotus d'Or (Prix du Jury) ("Jury Prize") Lotus du Public (Prix du Public) ("Popular Choice") Lotus du Meilleur Acteur ("Best Actor") – Song Kang-ho 2001 Seattle International Film Festival New Director's Showcase Special Jury Prize 2001 Berlin International Film Festival Nomination – Golden Berlin Bear 2001 Baeksang Arts Awards Best Director – Park Chan-wook 2001 Grand Bell Awards Best Film Best