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.
Acting
Lee Je-hoon's desperate eyes haunt you
Cinematography
DMZ as beautiful prison and purgatory
Direction
Lee Jong-pil squeezes 96 minutes dry
Director
Lee Jong-pil
Lee Je-hoon
Lim Kyu-nam
Koo Kyo-hwan
Lee Hyun-sang
Hong Xa-bin
Kim Dong-hyuk
Seo Hyun-woo
Major Cha
Lee Sung-wook
Lieutenant Hong
Yoo Tae-joo
Captain Ryu
Jung Jun-won
Second Lieutenant Park
Jang Young-nam
Dong-hyuk's Mother
Song Kang
Min Sun-woo
Esom
Nomad Leader
Lee Ho-jung
Girl with Rifle
Shin Hyun-ji
Sang-gu's Sister
Lee Ho-cheol
Drunken General
Kim Sang-heun
Officer Jung
Park Yoon-hee
Director of the General Political Department
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released amid renewed North-South tensions, the film sparked debate in South Korea about whether defectors are heroes or threats to stability.
Lee Je-hoon trained with actual North Korean defectors to perfect the Pyongyang accent, with some viewers noting his pronunciation fooled native speakers.
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