The Secret Mission
2019 · Movie · 135 min · ★ 7.8
Under an occupying regime that tries to erase a people’s language and identity, a small group of patriots risks everything to preserve their mother tongue. Working in secret and under constant pressure, they set out to compile a landmark dictionary that could keep their culture alive.
Also known as MAL-MO-E: The Secret Mission · Malmoe: The Secret Mission
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Details
- Original title
- 말모이
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-01-09
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (27 votes)
About
If you enjoy historical dramas about resistance and cultural survival, this blends humor with high-stakes tension and heartfelt moments; Not for you if you dislike heavy oppression themes or uneven emotional beats, like in Inspector Joy.
Pros: important historical story; touching humor and tension; engaging period atmosphere | Cons: uneven emotional pull; distracting music choices; shaky sound mixing
Themes
- letter
- independence movement
- dictionary
- korean resistance
- word
- japanese occupation of korea
Cast & crew
Yoo Hai-jin
as Kim Pan-su
Yoon Kye-sang
as Ryu Jung-hwan
Kim Hong-pa
as Cho Gap-yoon
Woo Hyeon
as Lim Dong-ik
Kim Tae-hun
as Park Hoon
Kim Sun-young
as Ku Ja-young
Min Jin-woong
as Min Woo-cheol
Heo Sung-tae
as Ueda
Lee Sung-wook
as Jang Chun-sam
Cho Hyun-chul
as Park Bong-du
Directed by Eom Yu-na