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Crossing

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2008-06-05

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Kim Tae-gyun

Writer: Lee Yoo-jin

Spoken language: 한국어/조선말

Genres: Drama

Original title: Crossing

Production Companies: Camp B, Vantage Holdings

Production Countries: South Korea

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