Poongsan


Poongsan Hangul hanja RRPungsangae MRPungsangae lit. Phungsan Dog is a 2011 South Korean thriller film directed by Juhn Jaihong, starring Yoon Kyesang and Kim Gyuri.

A man simply known as Poongsan Yoon Kyesang from the brand of North Korean cigarettes he smokes makes regular trips across the Korean DMZ, smuggling everything from people to antiques. No one knows whether he is from the North or the South, though from his commandolike abilities he is obviously highly trained. He makes contact with clients via a makeshift memorialcumbulletin board for divided families along the DMZ. On one mission he smuggles an antique, as well as a young boy, from North to South when the smugglers are caught by the police, the Souths National Intelligence Service becomes aware of Poongsans existence. They contract him to bring a young woman, Inok Kim Gyuri, from Pyongyang to her lover Kim Jongsoo, a highranking North Korean official who recently defected and is still guarded by NIS agents. The arrogant official, who is paranoid about being assassinated, has been holding out on writing a report for the NIS until Inok joins him. On the journey across the DMZ, Inok accidentally sets off a mine that almost kills her and Poongsan, and also has to be revived by mouthtomouth resuscitation when she almost drowns. The mission is successful but Inok has become attached to the man who saved her life. Suspicious that the two made love during the crossing, the official abuses Inok after they are reunited and she expresses a desire to return to the North. Meanwhile, Poongsan is tortured by an NIS team leader Choi Museong to find out whether he is a North Korean agent, but is rescued by the team leaders boss Han Gijung. Poongsan is forced to rescue NIS agent Kim Yongnam, whos been caught in the North and is under interrogation in gratitude, and appalled by his own agencys methods, Kim later helps Poongsan escape from the NIS control. But then Poongsan and Inok are captured by North Korean agents in the South.Written and coproduced by Kim Kiduk, and directed by his protg Juhn Jaihong, the 200 million US185,580 film was shot overtakes in justdays, w

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