Dragon smuggles North Korean defectors across borders for a living, and his latest undercover trip with Sook-Ja and Yong-hee takes an unexpected turn when they are left stranded in China. This is just the start of an extraordinary 5,000 km journey.
Direction
Shin embedded with smugglers for months — the access is unreal.
Editing
Blurs documentary and thriller without exploitation.
Production
Shot across four countries with hidden cameras.
Director
Ann Shin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ann Shin's own father was a North Korean refugee, though she didn't discover this until adulthood.
The film captures a specific window (2009-2012) when Chinese enforcement was tightening but routes still existed — most defector documentaries since focus on the far more dangerous post-2016 landscape.
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