Clans of Intrigue vs Joint Security Area

Joint Security Area has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.4/10 for Clans of Intrigue). Clans of Intrigue is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 48m. Clans of Intrigue is the older of the two (1977 against 2000). Both are action, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Clans of Intrigue posterClans of Intrigue1977 VS Joint Security Area posterJoint Security Area2000
Clans of IntrigueJoint Security Area
Audience score★ 6.4/10★ 7.8/10
Year19772000
Length1h 35m1h 48m
GenresAction, Drama, MysteryAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country–South Korea
DirectorChor YuenPark Chan-wook
Main castTi Lung, Ku Feng, Teresa Ha Ping, Norman Tsui Siu-Keung, Elliot Ngok WahLee Byung-hun, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Kang-ho, Ki Joo-bong, Lee Dae-yeon

Synopsis

Clans of Intrigue

Chu Liuxiang is having drinks with his friend, Monk Wuhua. Gong Nanyan of the Holy Water Palace suddenly appears and accuses Chu of having stolen the palace's Heaven's One Holy Water and committed a series of murders. She agrees to give Chu a month's time to clear his name, or else the mistress of the palace will kill him. Chu's curiosity and eagerness to prove his innocence spur him to investigate the case.

Joint Security Area

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.

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