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South Bound

2013 · 121 min

A warm, wry family comedy that slowly turns into a tense standoff over land and conscience.

Directed by
Yim Soon-rye
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kim Yoon-seok, Oh Yeon-soo, Han Ye-ri
Tagline
The Man Who Stood Up When No One Could
Overview
Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader living in Hae-gap’s house ends up bringing him back. Later, Man-deok raids the head developer of Deul Island to stop its exploitation, and Na-ra helps and ends up getting caught. In order to bring Na-ra out from jail, Hae-gap signs to stop making anti-government films and moves to Deul Island with his family. Na-ra sees his father leading a good, quiet life there and starts opening up. But when a construction company charges in to clear-out the island and the islanders fall at risk of losing their homes, Hae-gap leads a strike against it and his family fall in grave danger...

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Directed by
Yim Soon-rye
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Kim Yoon-seok, Oh Yeon-soo, Han Ye-ri
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • justice
  • class
  • power
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Yim Soon-rye
Written by
Choi Moon-suk, Lee Kae-byeok, Na Hyun
Starring
Kim Yoon-seok, Oh Yeon-soo, Han Ye-ri, Baek Su-ho, Park Sa-rang, Kim Sung-kyun, Kim Tae-hun, Lee Jun-hyeok
Music
Dalpalan
Cinematography
Cho Yong-kyu
Runtime
121 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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