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RUNTIME
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Clocks in at 156 minutes β on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
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The Yellow Sea
"The only thing he must not have crossed."
2010 2h 36m KO
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Synopsis
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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.
βThe only thing he must not have crossed.β
Cast
Ha Jung-woo
Kim Goo-nam
Kim Yoon-seok
Myun Jung-hak
Cho Seong-ha
Kim Tae-won
Lee Cheol-min
Choi Seong-nam
Kwak Do-won
Professor Kim Seung-hyun
Im Ye-won
Professor's Wife
Tak Sung-eun
Goo-nam's Wife
EL
Joo Yeong
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Na Hong-jin
- Writers
- Na Hong-jin
- Languages
- Mandarin, Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 16 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Mandarin, Korean.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Na Hong-jin, shot by Lee Seong-je. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Lee Byung-hoon. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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CAST
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Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok and Cho Seong-ha carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The only thing he must not have crossed.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1230385 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Na Hong-jin directs. Lee Seong-je behind the camera. Lee Byung-hoon scores. Profitable at the box office. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Mandarin, Korean.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Clocks in at 156 minutes β on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
- 2Released 16 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Mandarin, Korean.
- 4Directed by Na Hong-jin, shot by Lee Seong-je. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Lee Byung-hoon. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok and Cho Seong-ha carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "The only thing he must not have crossed.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1230385 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 13 themes, including "immigrant", "police", "taxi driver", "gang war".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Lee Seong-je
- Original score
- Lee Byung-hoon
- Production design
- Lee Hwo-kyoung
- Costume design
- Chae Kyung-hwa
- Makeup / hair
- Kwak Tae-yong
- VFX supervisor
- Kim Tae-hun
- Runtime
- 156 min Β· 2h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8,170,000
- Box office
- $15,789,762
- Return
- 193% of budget
- Original language
- KO
- Certification (US)
- R
Awards
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Na Hong-jin
Stills Β· wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
- WE
Wellmade Starm
KR
- PO
Popcorn Film
KR
- 20
20th Century Fox Korea
KR
Showbox
KR
- FO
Fox International Productions Korea
KR
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum
HK
- AS
Asia Culture Technology Investment
- MI
Michigan Venture Capital
KR
Key crew
- Lighting DirectorHwang Sun-wook
- Assistant EditorLee Kang-hee
- VFX SupervisorJung Jae-hoon
- Executive ProducerYou Jeong-hun
- StuntsJeong Yoon-heon
- ProducerKim Kyung-hwan
- Costume DesignChae Kyung-hwa
- Camera OperatorLee Du-hoon
- StuntsJeon Jae-hyeong
- StuntsChoi Bong-rok
- StuntsLee Tae-yeong
- StuntsSong Min-seok
- StuntsKwon Ji-hoon
- GripLee Geun-woo
- Line ProducerChung Dae-hoon
- Sound SupervisorChoi Tae-young
- AdaptationHong Won-chan
- Camera OperatorLee Chang-jae
- Visual Effects SupervisorKim Tae-hun
- Production DesignLee Hwo-kyoung
- Line ProducerKim Bo-ram
- Special Effects Makeup ArtistKwak Tae-yong
- Fight ChoreographerYoo Sang-seob
- Fight ChoreographerHeo Myeong-haeng
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- immigrant
- police
- taxi driver
- gang war
- beaten to death
- murder
- knife fight
- mahjong
- bloodbath
- money problems
- shocking
- korean chinese
- seoul, south korea
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical2011-12-02R
Also known as
International titles
- HwanghaeUS
- ΠΠ΅Π»ΡΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΠΎΡΠ΅RU
- Mar AmarilloMX
- The Yellow SeaES
- The MurdererFR
- SarΔ± DΙnizAZ
- ι»ζ΅·HK
