# Two Cops > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Two_Cops > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Two_Cops.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Cops > Source revision: 1341650610 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the similarly titled television series, see [Two Cops (TV series)](/source/Two_Cops_(TV_series)). 1993 South Korean film Two Cops Two Cops poster Hangul 투캅스 RR Tukapseu MR T'uk'apsŭ Directed by Kang Woo-suk Written by Kim Sung-hong Produced by Kang Woo-suk Kwon Yeong-rak Jeon Yang-jun Starring Ahn Sung-ki Park Joong-hoon Ji Soo-won Cinematography Jeong Kwang-seok Edited by Kim Hyeon Music by Choi Kyung-sik Distributed by Kang Woo-suk Production (now Cinema Service) Release date December 18, 1993 (1993-12-18) Running time 110 minutes Country South Korea Language Korean ***Two Cops*** ([Korean](/source/Korean_language): 투캅스; [RR](/source/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean): *Tukapseu*) is a [1993](/source/1993_in_film) [South Korean](/source/Cinema_of_South_Korea) [action comedy](/source/Action_comedy) film directed by [Kang Woo-suk](/source/Kang_Woo-suk). It stars [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) and [Park Joong-hoon](/source/Park_Joong-hoon) as a pair of police detectives with different outlooks who end up working on a case together. ## Plot The experienced detective Jo has a new partner, Kang who recently graduated from the Police Academy at the top of the class. The idealistic Kang always sticks to his principles and often conflicts with Jo, an amoral cop who always tries to take advantage of his position. Kang tries to win Jo over to his side, but fails. One day, a beautiful woman who works in a bar comes to the police station for help, and Kang falls in love with her. He starts going to the bar often to see her, and begins to become more like Jo. Jo is initially pleased at this, but later begins to experience a dilemma with Kang's change in attitude. ## Cast - [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) as Jo, senior detective - [Park Joong-hoon](/source/Park_Joong-hoon) as Kang, new recruit - [Ji Soo-won](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ji_Soo-won&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ko](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EC%88%98%EC%9B%90)] as Soo-won - Kim Bo-sung as Lee, detective - [Kim Hye-ok](/source/Kim_Hye-ok) as detective Jo's wife - Shim Yang-hong as police chief - Yang Taek-jo as unit head ## Reception Despite criticism that its plot was copied from the 1984 French film *[My New Partner](/source/My_New_Partner)*, *Two Cops* became a box office hit upon its release on December 18, 1993. A highly commercial crowd pleaser that also dealt with the serious theme of police corruption, it was the second most-watched Korean film of 1993, after *[Sopyonje](/source/Sopyonje)*.[1] The financial success of *Two Cops* enabled [Kang Woo-suk](/source/Kang_Woo-suk) to set up his own film production and distribution company, [Cinema Service](/source/Cinema_Service).[2] The film spawned two [sequels](/source/Sequel) came : *[Two Cops 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Two_Cops_2&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1996), and *[Two Cops 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Two_Cops_3&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1998). ## Awards **1994 30th [Baeksang Arts Awards](/source/Baeksang_Arts_Awards)** - Grand Prize (Daesang) in Film: [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) - Best Film: *Two Cops* - Best Director: [Kang Woo-suk](/source/Kang_Woo-suk) - Best Actor: [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) - Best New Actress: [Ji Soo-won](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ji_Soo-won&action=edit&redlink=1) **1994 32nd [Grand Bell Awards](/source/Grand_Bell_Awards)** - Best Actor: [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) and [Park Joong-hoon](/source/Park_Joong-hoon) (tie) - Most Popular Actor: [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki), [Park Joong-hoon](/source/Park_Joong-hoon) **1994 14th [Korean Association of Film Critics Awards](/source/Korean_Association_of_Film_Critics_Awards)** - Best Actor: [Ahn Sung-ki](/source/Ahn_Sung-ki) **1994 15th [Blue Dragon Film Awards](/source/Blue_Dragon_Film_Awards)** - Most Popular Film (awarded to the movie with the highest viewership throughout the previous year) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Best Selling Films From 1990-1995"](http://koreanfilm.org/kfilm90-95.html). *Koreanfilm.org*. Retrieved 2013-08-10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mudge, James (29 August 2011). ["Kang Woo Suk, Master of Modern Korean Cinema"](https://www.yesasia.com/global/yumcha/kang-woo-suk-master-of-modern-korean-cinema/0-0-0-arid.360-en/featured-article.html). *[YesAsia](/source/YesAsia)*. 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