Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist is a 1990 South Korean film based on the real-life bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987 by North Korean agents, focusing on the captured female agent, Mayumi (Kim Hyun-hee), who, after a failed suicide attempt, faces trial and experiences remorse seeing victims' families. The movie portrays two North Korean operatives, posing as Japanese tourists named Shinichi and Mayumi, planting a bomb on a flight, with the female operative surviving capture to face justice, revealing details of the plot.
Main Cast
Kim Seo-ra as Kim Hyon-hui / Mayumi Hachiya: The lead actress portraying the North Korean operative responsible for the bombing.
Lee Hak-jae as Kim Seung-il / Shinichi Hachiya: Mayumi's accomplice and older operative.
George Kennedy as Ian Henderson: An investigator based in Bahrain.
Shin Seong-il as Investigator Lee: A South Korean official involved in the case.
Reiko Oshida as Lee Un-hae / Yaeko Taguchi: The Japanese woman who allegedly tutored Kim Hyon-hui.
Supporting Cast
Yoon Il-bong as the KAL President
Yoon Yang-ha as the Deputy Foreign Minister
Choi Jong-won as Choi Kang-il
Kim Bo-yeon as Kim Soon-hee
Lee Ho-seong as Lee Soon-chul