North Korean Guys

Dec 31, 2003

1h 44m

★ 6.3

Overview

Two friends accidentally drift from North Korea into South Korea after falling asleep during a fishing trip. Broke and unable to get home, they enter a singing contest whose grand prize is a trip to North Korea!

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Showbox

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Cast

Jung Jun-ho

Gong Hyung-jin

Ryu Hyun-kyung

Park Sang-wook

Park Jeong-Woo

duty police

Han Jae-yeong

Song Hae

Fisher

Lee In-hui

Yeon-jung

Lee Hye-mi

Su-yeon

Han Min

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