Directed by:
Je-kyoon YoonScreenplay:
Su-jin ParkCinematography:
Yeong-hwan ChoiComposer:
Byeong Wu LeeCast:
Jeong-min Hwang, Yunjin Kim, Dal-su Oh, Jin-yeong Jeong, Young-nam Jang, Mi-ran Ra, Seul-gi Kim, Min-jae Kim, Se-chang Maeng, Jin-soo Park, Young-ki Jung (more)Plots(1)
Duk-soo and his family are fleeing for their lives. At Hungman Port they join other refugees who are trying to board a ship at the beginning of the Korean War and so escape from the north of the country to the south. When twelve-year-old Duk-soo loses his little sister during their flight, his father decides to stay behind to look for her. From now on the responsibility for the rest of the family rests on Duk-soo's slender shoulders. The family settles in Busan where he manages to keep them afloat by dint of strenuous physical labour. Later on, he travels to Germany to work as a coal miner; he also meets his first love in this country. And yet, his whole life long, Duk-soo is haunted by one desire: to reunite his family. JK Youn follows Duk-soo's fate over a period of sixty years; his story is as chequered as that of his country's recent history. The film enables us to sense such hitherto unaddressed topics as discrimination against North Korean refugees, or South Korea's relentless belief in, and pursuit of progress during the country's years of economic development. But above all this epic story represents a young director's bid to explore the concerns of his father's generation. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Jeong-min Hwang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445145_efe0fc.jpg)
Jeong-min Hwang
South Korea
Best movies:
New World (2013)
A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Private Eye (2009)
![Yunjin Kim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/544/163544676_c14f4e.png)
Yunjin Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
Seven Days (2007)
Crazy Love (2022) (series)
![Dal-su Oh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/083/855/83855247_a25a5d.jpg)
Dal-su Oh
South Korea
Best movies:
The Attorney (2013)
Oldboy (2003)
Once in a Summer (2006)
![Jin-yeong Jeong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273210_4d2136.jpg)
Jin-yeong Jeong
South Korea
Best movies:
Dawn (2010) (series)
The King and the Clown (2005)
A Taxi Driver (2017)
![Young-nam Jang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/585/158585080_7070b7.jpg)
Young-nam Jang
South Korea
Best movies:
The Crowned Clown (2019) (series)
My Son (2007)
The Moon That Embraces the Sun (2012) (series)
![Mi-ran Ra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426699_f5e37e.jpg)
Mi-ran Ra
South Korea
Best movies:
Hope (2013)
Late Blossom (2010)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
![Seul-gi Kim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088491_d78ce8.jpg)
Seul-gi Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Kill Me, Heal Me (2015) (series)
Lookout (2017) (series)
Find Me in Your Memory (2020) (series)
![Min-jae Kim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634360_4efeb8.jpg)
Min-jae Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
My Sassy Girl (2001)
The Beauty Inside (2015)
Arang and the Magistrate (2012) (series)
![Se-chang Maeng](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873607_68a939.jpg)
Se-chang Maeng
South Korea
Best movies:
A Man Who Went to Mars (2003)
Sharp Blade Hong Gil Dong (2008) (series)
The Scent of Love (2003)
Jin-soo Park
South Korea
Best movies:
Silmido (2003)
Windstruck (2004)
Dancing Queen (2012)
![Young-ki Jung](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/203/160203457_eb26f4.jpg)
Young-ki Jung
South Korea
Best movies:
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
Goblin (2016) (series)
New World (2013)
![In-ho Tae](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/103/160103222_213146.jpg)
In-ho Tae
South Korea
Best movies:
Wedding Dress (2010)
Just Lovers (2017) (series)
Stranger (2017) (series)
![Jin-hyeok Kim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011865_fd6caf.jpg)
Jin-hyeok Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Hope (2013)
Maundy Thursday (2006)
The King and the Clown (2005)
![Yunho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901476_80beea.jpg)
Yunho
South Korea
Best movies:
Couple on the Backtrack (2017) (series)
Wild King (2013) (series)
Ode to My Father (2014)
![Kil-soo Park](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/415/159415296_c95ef0.jpg)
Kil-soo Park
South Korea
Best movies:
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
The Moon That Embraces the Sun (2012) (series)
The Plan Man (2013)
![Shin-chul Kang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/982/160982271_b5a32e.jpg)
Shin-chul Kang
South Korea
Best movies:
Hope (2013)
1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
Time (2006)
![Ji-seong Eom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/288/160288220_9c479e.jpg)
Ji-seong Eom
South Korea
Best movies:
Silenced (2011)
The Outlaws (2017)
Hero (2009) (series)
Young-soon Son
South Korea
Best movies:
Lover's Concerto (2002)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Too Beautiful to Lie (2004)
![Jae-sang Yoo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/864/160864239_eff8f9.jpg)
Jae-sang Yoo
South Korea
Best movies:
The Beauty Inside (2015)
4th Place (2015)
Ode to My Father (2014)
Bong-shik Hyun
South Korea
Best movies:
1987: When the Day Comes (2017)
Destined with You (2023) (series)
V.I.P. (2017)