National Security (2012)

Both movies involve corrupt people in positions of power torturing a man into giving a false confession. Both are based on a true story.

Both show a prisoner being severely mistreated by his guards. Both are based on a true story.

A prisoner is severely mistreated in both films. Both are based on a true story.

The only theme these two movies share is an innocent man who is tortured into giving a false confession. National Security spends most of the movie showing us the actual process of torture while Box: The Hakamada Case focuses more on showing us the ramifications of such unethical interrogation methods. Both are based on a true story.

Both movies show men suffering in prison for their political beliefs. Although, National Security is much more graphic.

-Injustice
-Crimes against humanity
-Abuse of Power
-Corruption

Innocent men are subjected to physical abuse and torture by police in order to force a false confession.

Both films show the injustices and tortures that occurred in political prisons under the Chun Doo Hwan regime in South Korea in the 1980s. Both are based on true stories.

Both films show the injustices and tortures that occurred in political prisons under the Chun Doo Hwan regime in South Korea in the 1980s. Both are based on true stories.

The entirety of both films revolve around innocent men who are imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured. Both are human rights movies.

Both films involve the torture of innocent people during the 1980's in South Korea.

-1980's South Korea
-Torture during investigation
-Human rights
-Gwanju uprising