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The Yellow Sea ()

Hwanghae (original title)
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When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
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Tae-Won's Daughter
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Gu-nam
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Boeun Police 2
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Myun-ga
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Professor's daughter
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Bank Employee
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Tae-won
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Detective 1
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Choi Seong-nam
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Dollar Dealer
Yu Ha-bok ...
Yanbian taxi boss
Dong-Heon Yeom
Hyeon-joo Kim ...
Killed smuggler
Lim Jae-Min ...
Korean fisherman #4
Gi-won Yang ...
Detective 2
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Girlfriend of Myeon Jeong Hak (uncredited)

Directed by

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Na Hong-jin

Written by

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Won-Chan Hong ... (screenplay by)
 
Na Hong-jin ... (screenplay by)
 
Na Hong-jin ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Jong-eun Byun ... executive producer
Sung-sik Choi ... planner
Dae-hoon Chung ... line producer
Sang-Gu Han ... producer
Myeon Jeong ... executive producer
Il-hyung Jo ... associate producer
Min-Sung Kim ... assistant producer
Ui-Seok Kim ... line producer
Cheol Park ... associate producer
Beom Song ... associate producer
Seung-rok Yoo ... associate producer
Jung-hoon You ... executive producer

Music by

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Young-gyu Jang ... (as Yeong-gyu Jang)
Byung-hoon Lee

Cinematography by

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Sung-je Lee

Editing by

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Sun-Min Kim

Editorial Department

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Gilbert Carreras ... color timer
Il-Gwan Kim ... colorist

Production Design by

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Hu-gyeong Lee ... (as Hwo-Kyoung Lee)

Costume Design by

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Kyung-hwa Chae

Makeup Department

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Hee Eun Lee ... key prosthetic makeup artist
Yon-young Yan ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Edward S.T. Choi ... production manager

Art Department

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Kim Kyung-ho ... props (as Kyung-Ho Kim)

Sound Department

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Romain Bigorgne ... sound effects editor
Kim Byung-in ... dialogue editor
Yong Oh Choi ... foley mixer
Kang Hye-young ... sound designer
Dong-Han Kim ... sound effects editor
Chung-gyu Lee ... foley artist
Soo-Hyun Lee ... sound effects editor
Tony Moller ... re-recording mixer
Matthias Neumann ... dubbing recordist
Yong Ki Park ... adr mixer / re-recording mixer
Choi Tae-young ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Jo Woo-jin ... sound recordist
Alberto Gallo ... mix engineer (uncredited) / mix engineer: italian version (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Jang-pyo Hong ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Jai-hoon Cheong ... visual effects
Tae-hoon Kim ... vfx technical supervisor
Tae-hun Kim ... visual effects supervisor
Hyuk Lee ... cgi marketing
Eui Dong Park ... vfx technical supervisor
Jang Jin Park ... visual effects producer
Hee Jung Ryu ... visual effects executive producer

Stunts

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Se-yeong Oh ... action director (as SeaYoung Oh)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Soon-wuk Hwang ... lighting technician
Hong-yeol Park ... additional cinematography

Additional Crew

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Sonya Kim ... International Sales And Distribution
Anna Kokourina ... studio executive
Florence Larsonneur ... business affairs for Fox International Productions
Yoo Sang-seob ... choreographer (as Sang-seob Yoo)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In this fast paced action thriller, a taxi driver living in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in northeast China goes to South Korea when a local gangster offers him to carry out a hit on a professor in return for repaying his debt. In the meanwhile, he also searches for his wife who had come here but had not responded since 6 months. His suspicion of her betrayal makes his tension rise, before something unexpected happens that night on which he is prepared to kill the professor. Soon, he finds himself running for his life from police and the mob, resulting in a lot of violent fights and intense car chases.

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Taglines The only thing he must not have crossed See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Yellow Sea (United States)
  • The Yellow Sea (Canada, English title)
  • The Yellow Sea (Egypt, English title)
  • The Yellow Sea (World-wide, English title)
  • The Murderer (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 157 min
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Budget $8,170,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The film opened on December 22, 2010 in South Korea and was top of the box office, selling 1.05 million tickets in its first five days of release, according to the Korean Film Council. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Kvataniya (2022). See more »
Crazy Credits The film's story unfolds in chapters. See more »
Quotes Gu-nam: Who's the boss here?
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