Crossing
Released: 2008
Drama
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
Starring: Cha In-pyo, Shin Myeong-cheol, Joo Da-young, Jung In-gi, Lee Young-hoo, Kim Jae-rok, Bae Joong-sik, Jang So-yeon
Directed by: Kim Tae-gyun
Written by: Lee Yoo-jin
Language: Korean
Scenes
Mi-seon (a girl in her early teens played by Da-yeong Joo) is among the prisoners taken at the Korean border. A boy who is a fellow prisoner gives her a bicycle ride, but she is already near death. She wets herself during the ride, and then falls off the bike and collapses on the ground.
Alternate Titles
Keurosing (Revised Romanization)