金大中(1924-2009)于1954年进入政坛,当时是韩国第一任总统李承晚。这一结果在1950年朝鲜战争期间被朝鲜共产党逮捕并判处死刑时似乎不太可能出现。幸运的是,金设法逃脱了。政治生活很艰难;金大中在执政的前6年里4次在选举中失败,并在1961年的军事政变中被捕。然而,到1967年,他已经成为反对派领袖。随后发生了进一步的动荡,包括1971年的暗杀企图和1973年的绑架,以回应他对总统朴正熙(Park Chung-hee)政策的批评,之后他被流放,从日本返回韩国时被软禁。进一步的不稳定,包括朴槿惠总统被暗杀,导致金正恩移居美国。1985年,他回到韩国,但在两年后的自由选举中失败。1992年,他再次落败。 Finally in 1997, he was elected President and then embarked on a program of major economic, labor market and social reform as well as encouraging the development of cyber capability. Another major policy change was the pursuit of rapprochement with North Korea including an historic summit in 2000 with Kim Jong-il. Later that year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for these efforts and for promoting social justice in his own country. He showed extraordinary magnanimity to the two previous presidents who had sentenced him to death and gave them both pardons. He concluded his presidency in 2003.
奉俊昊的电影赢得了评论界的好评。他的第一部影片《吠狗永不咬人》(2000)曾受邀参加圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节(San sebastin International Film Festival)。它还获得了Slamdance电影节和香港国际电影节的奖项。奉俊昊的第二部电影《杀人回忆》(2003)在2003年获得了一系列本地荣誉,包括最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳男演员和最佳灯光奖(韩国)。在圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节上,该片获得了包括最佳导演奖在内的三项大奖。