The Yellow Sea backdrop

The Yellow Sea poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2010

Runtime2h 21m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Wellmade Starm

Popcorn Film

20th Century Fox Korea

Showbox

Fox International Productions Korea

Movie

The Yellow Sea

2010

2h 21m

7.3

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Synopsis

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

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