Crossing (2008)
크로싱
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.
- Date of release
- 2008-06-05
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (39)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kim Tae-gyun
Casting
- Cha In-pyo — Kim Yong-soo
- Shin Myeong-cheol — Kim Joon
- Joo Ah-reum — Mi-seon
- Seo Young-hwa — Yong-soo's wife
- Jung In-gi — Sang-cheol
- Lee Young-hoo — Factory Manager
- Kim Jae-rok — NGO Planner
- Bae Joong-sik — Safety Officer
- Jang So-yeon — North korean defector
- Do Yong-gu — North korean defector
- Jo Gyu-chul — Limping Young Man
- Oh Min-ae — Defector
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Crossing is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kim Tae-kyun. It was selected as South Korea's submission to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film follows the journey of a North Korean man as he illegally leaves the country to find medicine for his sick wife, portraying the many hardships of the average North Korean citizen. The film had 907,255 admissions in South Korea.
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