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The Yellow Sea (2010)

The Yellow Sea poster
Original title
황해
Directed by
Na Hong-jin
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
2h 36m
Rated
R
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 590 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A poor Korean man in China is hired by a crime boss to kill a man in South Korea. He gets caught up in a violent series of events that threaten his life and his family.

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What happens

The Yellow Sea (Korean: 황해; Hanja: 黃海; RR: Hwanghae) is a 2010 South Korean action thriller film directed by Na Hong-jin and starring Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok in the lead roles. This film marks the reunion of the director and the lead actors who also first collaborated for the 2008 film The Chaser, in which Ha Jung-woo played the antagonist and Kim Yoon-seok played the protagonist. In The Yellow Sea, Ha Jung-woo plays the protagonist while Kim Yoon-seok plays the antagonist. The Yellow Sea was released in South Korea on 22 December 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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