The Land of Morning Calm
Nov 27, 2024 | IMDB 6.7
114 min Watch NowDrama
Feeling stuck, young fisherman Yong-su sees no hope in his future - like a fish in a net. As a last resort, he plans an insurance scam by staging his disappearance, hoping to provide a better life for his Vietnamese wife and his ageing mother. At the centre of this scheme is his captain, Yeong-guk, who reluctantly reports Yong-su missing. However, when Yong-su’s mother refuses to connect her son’s disappearance with his death, the white lie snowballs into something harder to chew.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Snow Falling on Cedars
Chemmeen
Luzzu
Porgy and Bess
The Manxman
The Old Man and the Sea
Captains Courageous
Precious Memories
The Postman
Liewe Lisa
Places We Knew
And Then There Were None
White Mane
The Third Part of the Night
Reaching for the Sun
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IMDB 5.5 | Jan , 2014
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IMDB 6 | Jul , 1978
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2025
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 1972
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IMDB 6 | Dec , 1983
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IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 1999
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IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1965
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IMDB 6.8 | Oct , 2021
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IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 1959
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IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1929
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IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1958
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IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1937
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2024
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IMDB 7.9 | Sep , 1994
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2024
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IMDB 7 | Oct , 1945
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IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 1953
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 1972
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IMDB 6 | May , 1941
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