As the controversy over the Dokdo Islets keeps escalating in the real world, a
recent movie called "Ambush Duty" has featured the phrase "Dokdo is Our Land" as
the code words referring to a criminal investigative strategy used by detectives
in the story. The movie, which opened on March 17, has gained enormous
popularity among viewers via word of mouth since its premiere, with the Dokdo
phrase stealing the spotlight.
The investigative strategy is demonstrated
in the movie's very first scene against the backdrop of somber music and the sea
off Busan's coast. In the scene, lead actress Kim Seon-ah, who plays a female
detective, is disguised as a high schooler in order to rescue teenage girls
about to be sold to the Japanese Yakuza as sex slaves. Kim's character, who
tries not only to rescue the girls but also to uproot school violence, has
received a favorable response from both male and female viewers for reviving
nostalgic memories about their school days.
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