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
Secretly, Greatly
The Namesake
Special Agent
Centre Forward
The Net
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Shiri
Joint Security Area
Over the Border
The Gift of Love
Escape from Mogadishu
Let Us Meet Now
Commitment
Apostle
Confidential Assignment
Hana Korea
Red Family
Silmido
Welcome to Dongmakgol
One Summer Night
SIMILAR MOVIES
Secretly, Greatly
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2013
Three elite North Korean sleeper agents live under cover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They are shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.The Namesake
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2017
Special Agent
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2020
Eliminate the North Korean hidden VIPs! Won-cheol of the National Intelligence Service of the Republic of Korea is offered a mission. Eliminating VIPs who participated in the operation to develop weapons of mass destruction in North Korea. Won-cheol is forced to accept the mission while thinking of her daughter 'Ah-reum' who is in danger… The secret operation of South and North Korean special agents begin!Centre Forward
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 1978
In-Son is a young benchwarmer with aspirations of breaking into the first team, which is littered with established stars. The opening game of the season hands him his opportunity, but his lack of experience coupled with the expectation of the crowd leave him with little success on the pitch. The side loses, forcing the manager and the team back to the drawing board.The Net
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2016
A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.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.Shiri
IMDB 6.5 | 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.Over the Border
IMDB 6 | May , 2006
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.The Gift of Love
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2019
Escape from Mogadishu
IMDB 7.1 | Jul , 2021
Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.Let Us Meet Now
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2019
In this Korean omnibus film, three stories and relationships between the North and South are explored - stories about a hopeless romance, an unknown future and an expected and coincidental comfort.Commitment
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 2013
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.Apostle
IMDB 4 | Feb , 2014
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.Confidential Assignment
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2017
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.Hana Korea
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2025
Red Family
IMDB 6.1 | Nov , 2013
A growing friendship with their neighbors softens the resolve of a group of North Korean spies who are posing as an ordinary South Korean family.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.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.One Summer Night
IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2016
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.