The Land of Morning Calm

Nov 27, 2024

1h 54m

★ 6.6

Tied to tides of misery.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gozip Studio

Cherry Elephant Co.,Ltd.

엔진을켜 스튜디오

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Cast

Yeong-guk

Yoon Joo-Sang

Pan-rye

Yang Hee-kyung

Yong-su

Park Jong-hwan

Soon-he

Yang Mi-seon

Seon-sook

Jeong Ae-hwa

Bong-sam

Oh Man-seok

Hyuck-soo

Yoo Soon-woong

Im Seung-pyo

Na Jong-min

Hyeong-rack

Park Won-sang

Ko Yu-shin

Choi Hee-jin

Soon-he's Daughter

Jung Hoe-ryn

Insurance Company Employee

Moon Jung-woong

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