The Yellow Sea (film)
| The Yellow Sea | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Na Hong-jin |
| Screenplay by | Na Hong-jin |
| Starring |
Ha Jung-woo Kim Yoon-seok |
| Music by | Youngkyu Jang Byung-hoon Lee |
| Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae |
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Production
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Fox International Productions
Popcorn Films |
| Distributed by |
Showbox/Mediaplex 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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Running time
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140 minutes |
| Country |
 Republic of Korea
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| Language |
Korean Mandarin |
| Box office | US$15,789,762 |
The Yellow Sea (Hangul: 황해; RR: Hwang hae) is a 2010 Korean thriller film directed by Na Hong-jin.
In northeastern Chinese city of Yanji in Yanbian Prefecture, Gu-nam (Ha Jung-woo), an ethnic Korean, or Joseonjok, toils away as a taxi driver. When not working, he is often found at gambling halls. Gu-nam is now in serious debt. His wife left to work in South Korea and promised to send money back. He has yet to hear from her and is tormented by nightmares of her having an extra-marital affair. To make matters worse, Gu-nam is fired from his job and debt collectors take most of his severance pay.
Local gangster, Myun Jung-hak (Kim Yoon-seok), offers him a deal: if Gu-nam goes to South Korea to kill a businessman, he will get CN¥57,000 (US$10,000). Gu-nam accepts and leaves for South Korea by train and a rickety fishing boat, with US$500 for expenses.
When Gu-nam arrives in South Korea, he carefully scopes out his target for days, while also searching for his wife. When the time arrives for Gu-nam to take out his target, a string of unexpected events occurs, leaving him desperately looking for a way out. Meanwhile, the police, the South Korean mob, as well as the ethnic Korean Chinese mafia all frantically search for Gu-nam.
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the 2011 Filmfest München.
The Australian and UK films rights were sold to Bounty Films. The UK release of the film was on October 21, 2011.
The film opened on December 22, 2010 in South Korea and was top of the box office, selling 1.05 million tickets in its first five days of release, according to the Korean Film Council. The film sold a total of 2,142,742 tickets nationwide.
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