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Escape

Original title: 탈주

Fear a meaningless life, not death itself.

2024 · 1h 36m

Directed by Lee Jong-pil

7.3

TMDB audience score
89 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.

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Cast

  • Lee Je-hoon
    Lim Kyu-nam

  • Koo Kyo-hwan
    Lee Hyun-sang

  • Hong Xa-bin
    Kim Dong-hyuk

  • Seo Hyun-woo
    Major Cha

  • Lee Sung-wook
    Lieutenant Hong

  • Yoo Tae-joo
    Captain Ryu

  • Jung Jun-won
    Second Lieutenant Park

  • Jang Young-nam
    Dong-hyuk's Mother

  • Song Kang
    Min Sun-woo

  • Esom
    Nomad Leader

  • Lee Ho-jung
    Girl with Rifle

  • Shin Hyun-ji
    Sang-gu's Sister

  • Lee Ho-cheol
    Drunken General

  • Kim Sang-heun
    Officer Jung

  • Park Yoon-hee
    Director of the General Political Department

  • Woo Jeong-won
    Director's Wife

  • Cha Soon-bae
    Division Commander

  • Song Yo-sep
    Battalion Commander