This Summer, Korean filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan (Veteran, The Battleship Island, Escape from Mogadishu) returns with Smuggling, an upcoming actioner starring Kim Hye-soo (Coin Locker Girl), Yum Jung-ah (Alienoid), Zo In-sung (Escape From Mogadishu) and Park Jeongmin (Decision to Leave).
In 1970s, at Kunchon (a small village near sea), there were women divers, including two best friends Choonja and Jin-sook, Jin-sook’s brother and Hammer. They always collected seafood under water for living. But, as few factories started to be built near beach, women divers started to have trouble with what they were doing for living. Without any choice, the ship crews decided to join smuggling business in water to seek a way for their living. But smuggling business in their village got too big for Jin-sook’s family to handle and the peaceful village was gradually broken.
Don’t miss the film’s Teaser Trailer below (via FCS):
I’m one of the rare people who liked Battleship island’s Director’s cut a lot, loved Veteran and got a kick out of Escape from Mogadishu. So…we’ll see.
This looks like a lot of fun based on that short trailer. I wasn’t very keen on ‘Battleship Island,’ but ‘Veteran’ and ‘Escape from Mogadishu’ were great.