Drama
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shiri
Joint Security Area
Illang: The Wolf Brigade
Secret Reunion
O Youth!
Silmido
Air Conditioner in Panmunjeom
Strike Night
My Dictator
HUMINT
Welcome to Dongmakgol
The Rescue
A Tour Guide
Moranbong
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Love Impossible
Descendants of Cain
Poongsan
Jet Attack
Swing Kids
SIMILAR MOVIES
Shiri
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 1999
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijack a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens South Korea as part of a plot to re-unify the two countries. Ryu and Lee, special agents of O.P., South Korea's secret intelligence service, attempt to track down the terrorists and find the CTX. Meanwhile Hee, the 8th's ultra-bad female sniper, resurfaces to wreak havoc and haunt Ryu.Joint Security Area
IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2000
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides.Illang: The Wolf Brigade
IMDB 6.3 | Jul , 2018
In 2029, an elite police squad combats an anti-reunification terrorist group while another enemy lurks nearby.Secret Reunion
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2010
Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a South Korean agent in search for revenge.O Youth!
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1995
A Pyongyang family with five overachieving athletic daughters get involved in their studious son’s romantic life.Silmido
IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 2003
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.Air Conditioner in Panmunjeom
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
A hapless repairman is called to fix a faulty A/C unit in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.Strike Night
IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2017
This atmospheric French independent film tells the story of a man who has traveled nearly 10,000 miles to find the woman he can’t forget.My Dictator
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2014
Sung-geun is an untalented actor who makes a living playing minor roles. He happens to land on the role as Kim Il-sung, the former leader of North Korea, for the rehearsal of the South-North Korea Summit. Sung-geun becomes passionately immersed in his role, motivated by his son who looks up to him. However, the summit is not realized, and Sung-geun ends up lost in the delusion that he really is Kim Il-sung.HUMINT
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2026
Welcome to Dongmakgol
IMDB 7.5 | Aug , 2005
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.The Rescue
IMDB 5.3 | Aug , 1988
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.A Tour Guide
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2023
Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as a guide in Korea. She gets used to her new surroundings and gains good results at work. However, she is forced to face challenges and changes as she loses touch with her brother In-hyuk, and the number of Chinese tourists decreases due to political tension between Korean and China.Moranbong
IMDB 5 | May , 1960
At the beginning of the Korean war, the love story, in a remote village, between a young worker and the daughter of a traditional musician.Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
IMDB 8 | Feb , 2004
When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.Love Impossible
IMDB 4.6 | Aug , 2003
An archaeological site in China was selected to send two teams, North and South Koreans, and students to collaborate and continue reconciliation of the two countries. But the team leader of the South decided to dredge the leader of the North group.Descendants of Cain
IMDB 5 | Jun , 1968
Shortly after Korea gained independence from Japan (1945), North Koreans decide to extort civilians' property in the name of revolutionalizing its land and settle class struggles for proletariats. The film depicts an anti North-Korean concept, detailing the country's situation after the independence. South Korea's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.Poongsan
IMDB 6.2 | Jun , 2011
Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.Jet Attack
IMDB 5.1 | Feb , 1958
A Soviet nurse helps a U.S. pilot, his buddies and a scientist escape from North Korea. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Suicide Battalion".Swing Kids
IMDB 8.2 | Dec , 2018
Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.