Fire and Blood (1991)

Original title

피와 불

Directed by

Sunwoo Wan

Genre

crime thriller film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the Korean War armistice, Jeong Sa-yong is stranded in North Korea. He marries an actress and tries to settle down but the authorities discover his uncle is a lawmaker in South Korea. They train him to become a spy.

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What happens

Piwa bul (, littéralement « sang et feu ») est un film sud-coréen réalisé par Wan Sun-woo, sorti en 1991. Après l'armistice de Panmunjeom, Jeong Sa-yong se retrouve bloqué en Corée du Nord. Il épouse une actrice, Choi Young-sil, et s'accommode de la situation. Mais les autorités apprennent que l'oncle de Sa-yong est élu au parlement sud-coréen et décident de le former comme espion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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