Poongsan

Jun 23, 2011

2h 1m

★ 6.0

The one with no fear and no borders.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Next Entertainment World

Kim Ki Duk Film

Finecut

Poongsan Trailers

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Cast

Poong-san

Yoon Kye-sang

In-ok

Kim Gyu-ri

Team Leader

Choi Moo-seong

North Korean Defector

Kim Jong-soo

North Korean Solider 1

Joe Odagiri

Section Chief

Han Gi-joong

North Korean Public Officer

Yoo Ha-bok

North Korean Solider

Jin Sun-kyu

Mr. Yoon's Son

Kim Jae-rok

Hit Team 1

Kim Jung-pal

Grandfather

Yoo Soon-chul

Wolf

Bae Yong-geun

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