Crossing

Jun 5, 2008

1h 47m

★ 7.1

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Camp B

Vantage Holdings

Crossing Trailers

Cast

Kim Yong-soo

Cha In-pyo

Kim Joon

Shin Myeong-cheol

Mi-seon

Joo Ah-reum

Sang-cheol

Jeong In-gi

Factory Manager

Lee Young-hoo

NGO Planner

Kim Jae-rok

Safety Officer

Bae Joong-sik

Jang So-yeon

Do Yong-gu

Limping Young Man

Jo Gyu-chul

Defector

Oh Min-ae

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