Jail Breakers
# Jail Breakers

Jail Breakers (Korean: 광복절 특사; RR: Gwangbokjeol teuksa) is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah. It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossing Korean film of 2002.

## Plot

Two long-term prisoners manage to break out of jail by tunneling underneath the prison wall with a spoon. Upon returning to society, they read in the newspaper that they are scheduled to be pardoned under a special amnesty on the very next day. The desperate warden agrees to pretend nothing happened if they can break back into prison unnoticed.

## Cast

* Sol Kyung-gu as Yu Jae-pil
* Cha Seung-won as Choi Mu-seok
* Song Yoon-ah as Han Gyeong-sun
* Kang Sung-jin as Yong Mun-sin
* Kang Shin-il as Prison warden
* Yoo Hae-jin as Police officer
* Lee Hee-do as Director
* Park Jeong-hak as FM
* Jang Tae-sung as Cheol-gu
* Kim Young-woong as Head of academic affairs

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipients | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
| 2002 | 23rd Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Park Jung-woo | Won |
| 2003 | 39th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actor | Cha Seung-won | Won |
| 2003 | 40th Grand Bell Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
| 2003 | 40th Grand Bell Awards | Best Cinematography | Jeong Kwang-seok | Won |
| 2003 | 11th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Song Yoon-ah | Won |
