Crossing
Jun 05 2008
•2h 47m
•Drama
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
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Cha In-pyo
Kim Yong-soo
Shin Myeong-cheol
Kim Joon
Joo Ah-reum
Mi-seon
Jeong In-gi
Sang-cheol
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