SEA FOG is one of the Korean wave's most potent stories and a visually arresting action-packed effort. Telling of an illegal immigrant operation in South Korea, focused on bringing 30 mainland Chinese star-watchers to the hustle and bustle of Busan and Seoul, which ends in terrifying tragedy, SEA FOG is a tense thriller and a blistering viewing experience. Produced by the legendary Bong Joon-ho (THE HOST) and with a cast that includes the great Kim Yoon-seok (THE CHASER) and K-pop icon Park Yoo-chun (formerly of TVXQ), SEA FOG is an adventure on the high sea that ranks as one of East Asian cinema's most masterful recent achievements!

In the midst of the IMF Asian financial crisis of 1997, fishing boat Captain Kang (Yun-seok Kim, CHASER) is going under financially, unable to catch enough to pay his crew - second-in-command Ho-young (Sang-ho Kim), drum winch duty man Kyung-koo (Seung-mok Yoo, MEMORIES OF MURDER), young and inexperienced Dong-sik (Yoo-chun Park), nominal engineer Chan-wook (Hee-joon Lee, HELPLESS), and the actual engineer Wan-ho (Seong-kun Mun) who is not on the crew list since he is hiding from debt collectors - afford fuel, and keep his unfaithful wife (who has already mortgaged their restaurant) happy. In a desperate move, he agrees to use his boat for a smuggling job only to discover that the freight will be Chinese immigrants looking for better jobs in South Korea. The initial deposit divided among them is enough at first to allay the crew's concerns over getting caught, but they soon find themselves in over their heads as the ship goes out in the middle of torrential weather to rendezvous with a freighter. The captain is disturbed to discover that there are two women among the immigrants, and they soon become the focus of the other men's interests, with Hong-mae (Ye-ri Han, COMMITMENT) suspicious of the special attention she receives from Dong-sik (who dove into the choppy waves to save her from drowning) and Yool-nyeo (Kyung-Sook Jo) willing to do what is needed for a little comfort. The crew discover that the rest of the passengers are just of their seeming acts of benevolence. When one man stands up to what they assumed to be reasonable treatment given the circumstances and refuses to hide in the fish hold, the Captain comes down on him hard and frightens the rest into compliance. When the danger of being caught becomes too real, it is left to the Captain's discretion what to do with the "cargo", and the tragic events that transpire turn the ship into a hellish charnel house that brings out paranoia, madness, and ruthlessness as the crew turn on the passengers and each other as an impenetrable sea fog surrounds them and blinds them to outside dangers. Directed by Sung-bo Shim - screenwriter of MEMORIES OF MURDER - and written by Joon-ho Bong (director of SNOWPIERCER).

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