After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.
Kuzey Kore tarafından terk edilmiş bir Kuzey Koreli casus Güney Kore'ye yerleşir. Sonra da bir cinayet davasında bir numaralı şüpheli haline gelir. Kurbanın Kuzey Kore destekçisi olduğu düşünülmektedir. Cinayet şüphelisi gerçeği öğrenmeye çalışır * Çekimler ve müzik BOURN'un son serisini hatırlatsa da sağlam bir aksiyon filmi olmuş. Bu türü sevenler, kaçırmasın.
Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North Korea.
Teknesinin motoru bozulan bir balıkçı, Güney Kore'ye sürüklenir. İşkence dolu uzun sorgulamalardan sonra Kuzey Kore'ye sınır dışı edilir. Ancak Güney Kore'yi terk etmeden önce ülkenin aynı anda hem ne kadar gelişmiş olduğunu hem de ne kadar karanlık bir yana sahip olduğunu görür. Ekonomik gelişmenin mutluluk getirmediği düşüncesiyle döndüğü ülkesinde, güneyde karşılaştığı şiddetin benzerini yine yaşar sorgulamalar esnasında. Güneyde gördükleri karşısında yaşadığı zihin bulanıklığı, kuzeyde bir hayal kırıklığına dönüşmeye başlar.
Kuzey Kore'den iltica eden Loh Kiwan, mülteci statüsü elde etmek için uğraştığı Belçika'da tüm umudunu kaybetmiş, kederli bir kadınla karşılaşır.
Caught in forbidden love, Yong Joon defects from North Korea, leaving Jae Sung behind. Years later, a reunion forces him to choose between past and present.
Adı sanı, ne Kuzey ne de Güney Kore vatandaşı olup olmadığı bilinmeyen kahramanımız sadece içtiği Poongsan marka sigarası ile bilinmektedir. İki ülkenin sınırında yaşamakta ve korenin ikiye bölünmesiyle birbirinden ayrılmak zorunda kalmış ailelerden birbirilerine cüzi bir ücret mukabilinde haberler taşımaktadır.. Ona ulaşmak isteyen kişiler sınırın bulunduğu bir köprüye notlar bırakmakta kahramanımız da bu notlardan seçtiği ailelere yardımcı olmaya çalışmaktadır. Bu iki ülke arasındaki sınır noktasını geçmeye çalışmakta intiharla eşdeğer bir harekettir. Kahramanımız bu şekilde yaşamını devam ettirmektedir. Ta ki birgün güney kore polisi kahramanımızdan haberdar olup sonrasında ondan kuzey koreden birini getirmesini ister.. İşte filmimizin konusu bundan sonra şekil almaya başlayacaktır.. Ünlü yönetmen kim ku duk'un yapımcı olduğu bu film izlenmeye değer
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.
North Korea has nuclear weapons. How did it manage to get them quietly? Donald Trump is under the impression that as US president he could convince Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to disarm his nuclear weapons and make peace with South Korea. But how was it possible that one of the poorest countries in the world could acquire the knowledge to produce nuclear-tipped rockets?
In a small North Korean village near the border of China, there are believers who get together in an underground church, away from the eyes of the persecuting government. When the missionary from China, their only support route, is cut off, things begin to get very tense. Chulho, who had been arrested along with his wife, returns. After losing his wife in the interrogations, Chulho had been released and unseen for 2 years before coming back to his home, claiming that he had been commanded by God to lead the believers across the border and into South Korea. The brothers wonder if Chulho is trustworthy, and whether it is the right thing to do to leave their homeland.
At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…
Looking for a new interesting story, VJ reporter Guk-hyun is fascinated with a story of a former detective Gi-man, living a life with a blade in his head for certain reason. Guk-hyun convinces Gi-man to take him upon condition that he make a record of Gi-man's revenge on Tae-hwa, the head of drug cartel. While searching for Tae-hwa's whereabouts, they decide to head towards unknown Island where Tae-hwa is expected to be staying.
Despite the close bonds among fellow defectors, Cheol-jun—a young North Korean defector—felt isolated while hiding his gay identity. Finally, he takes his first step into South Korea's vibrant gay community and forms close ties after meeting Yeong-jun at a casual gathering. Yet, a trivial misunderstanding shatters these fragile bonds.
Ap-lok river flows between North Korea and China. A point along the river runs about 48 meters. There, North Koreans risk their lives by trying to cross the river. Real stories of those people who attempt to cross the river are told.
A group of women climbs a summer mountain situated in South Korea. They are refugees who have settled into South Korean society after fleeing from North Korea. For them, climbing the mountains has been an unavoidable journey for survival - a matter of life and death.
Jung-ho, the former South Korean undercover hid in North for 20 years. When he finally flees back to South, his dead wife starts to appear and haunts his memory. Tracing back his faint memory he looks for his old colleagues who are supposed to return to South but they’re all missing or dead. 20 years ago Jung-ho got a mission to help North Korean officer and his family to exile to South. However the operation failed and this made him have an irrevocable decision. The secret past that Jung-ho never wants to reveal is about to come out 20 years later in the South.
Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' - North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.
After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.