The Yellow Sea
2010 · Movie · R · 156 min · ★ 7.4
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
Also known as Hwanghae
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-12-22
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 156 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (580 votes)
- Box office
- $15,800,000
- Budget
- $9,000,000
Themes
- immigrant
- police
- taxi driver
- gang war
- beaten to death
- murder
- knife fight
- mahjong
- bloodbath
- money problems
- shocking
- korean chinese
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award · 2011
Cast & crew
Ha Jung-woo
as Kim Gu-nam
Kim Yun-seok
as Myeon Jeong-hak
Cho Seong-ha
as Kim Tae-won
Lee Cheol-min
as Choi Seong-nam
Kwak Do-won
as Professor Kim Seung-hyun
Im Ye-won
as Professor's Wife
- TS
Tak Sung-eun
as Gu-nam's Wife
Lee El
as Joo-young
Jeong Man-sik
as Detective 1
Jeong Min-sung
as Detective 2
Directed by Na Hong-jin