title: Jail Breakers
text: # 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 |
  