48m

Jul 4, 2013

1h 37m

★ 6.0

Overview

Ap-lok river flows between North Korea and China. A point along the river runs about 48 meters. There, North Koreans risk their lives by trying to cross the river. Real stories of those people who attempt to cross the river are told.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Park Seon-hee

Park Hyo-ju

Choi Seok-ho

Ahn Se-ho

Park Hee-jin

Ju Min-ha

Ryoo Hwa-yeong

Lee Jin-hui

Hyeon Yong-joon

Ha Seok

Ri Seong-jin

Kim Yong-jin

Cho Han-cheul

Hwang Ok-rim

Ji an

Moon Seong-jin

Chun-Duk

Kim Kwang-hyeon

Himself

Don Lee

Son Ju-hyeon

Lee Yeong-eun

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6.0

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Making use of her Chinese that she had picked up while living in China, Han-young obtains her tour guide-interpreter's license and starts working as a guide in Korea. She gets used to her new surroundings and gains good results at work. However, she is forced to face challenges and changes as she loses touch with her brother In-hyuk, and the number of Chinese tourists decreases due to political tension between Korean and China.

7.1

Crossing

Jun 5, 2008

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.

5.3

Stateless Things

Mar 1, 2012

Stateless Things crosscuts between the lives of two young men, one an illegal immigrant from North Korea stuck in dead-end jobs, the other the kept boy of a married businessman stifling in a swanky apartment.

0.0

Eun-seo

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6.2

Poongsan

Jun 23, 2011

Poongsan has the unenviable - and death-defying - job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. When South Korean government agents ask him to smuggle in In-ok, the lover of a high-ranking North Korean defector, into the South, the damsel and rescuer fall in love instead.

6.8

Beautiful Days

Nov 21, 2018

At the request of his dying father, Zhenchen, a Chinese student, goes to Seoul in search of his mother, whom he has not seen for fourteen years. He soon discovers that she is working as a hostess in a bar…

6.5

Fighter

Mar 18, 2021

After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.

6.1

Dooman River

Aug 25, 2010

Chang-ho, 12, becomes friends with a North-Korean immigrant about the same age who just crossed the Dooman river, border between North-Korea and China. His mute sister and his wise grandfather accompany him through a series of misfortunes.

6.7

The Journals of Musan

Oct 8, 2010

North Korean defector Seung-chul is a refugee living on the harsh edges of Seoul. Bewildered by exploitative employers and cynical urbanites, he’s no good for business. A powerful realism underscores this prize-winning feature debut about the struggle to survive in a strange new world.

0.0

Hana Korea

Sep 18, 2025

HANA KOREA is a poignant and powerful tale of a young North Korean refugee’s pursuit of happiness in South Korea. As she navigates her new life, Hyesun must confront the challenges of letting go of her past while finding her own place in a hypermodern society that demands sacrifice and surrender.

5.5

Sunshine

Nov 26, 2015

Sul-ji, exiled from North Korea 2 years ago, is cheerful lady who is working at flower shop. Using her experience that drew propaganda paintings in North Korea, she draws wall-painting for part-timer. Desperate Broadcast producer Shin-woong, discovers her and trying to make hit documentary about her, but she hesitates minding her families still in North. Eventually she decides to go in under the condition that she hides her identity.

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0.0

Until We Meet

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No overview available.

5.0

From the New World

Dec 20, 2023

After losing her son while defecting from North Korea, Myung-sun meets a fellow defector, Sin-tek, who is the leader of the Church of the Fire. Through him, Myung-sun begins to learn about the doctrines of resurrection as they settle at a small town in South Korea.

6.2

Dance Town

Mar 13, 2011

A North Korean refugee, Jung-Nim, is trying to find a new life in South Korea, with people suspecting that she is a spy.

7.3

Escape

Jul 3, 2024

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.

5.0

Dreamer

Mar 19, 2020

The North Korean defector, who has just settled in the South, is confused by his brother who was separated from the defection process. Ji-hyeok, a Chinese restaurant deliveryman who is having a hard time finding a job due to his criminal record, wants to leave Korea as soon as possible. To raise money for his defector brother, Ji-hyeok, who is involved in a dangerous drug-transport errand, suggests intercepting billions of won of methamphetamine.

0.0

The Namesake

Dec 14, 2017

No overview available.

6.0

Over the Border

May 4, 2006

After learning that his grandfather is alive and living in Seoul, a North Korean musician must leave his fiancee behind and accompany his family to South Korea.