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2024 South Korean film by Lee Jong-pil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Escape (Korean: 탈주) is a 2024 South Korean action thriller film directed by Lee Jong-pil and starring Lee Je-hoon, Koo Kyo-hwan and Hong Xa-bin. The film depicts the life-threatening defection and chase of Lim Gyu-nam, a North Korean soldier who dreams of a life with a tomorrow on the other side of the barbed-wire fence, and Hyeon-sang, a North Korean State Security officer who must stop him. It was released on July 3, 2024.[3]
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| Hangul | 탈주 |
| Hanja | 脫走 |
| Revised Romanization | Talju |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'alju |
| Directed by | Lee Jong-pil |
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| Cinematography | Kim Sung-an |
| Edited by | Lee Kang-hee |
| Music by | Dalpalan |
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| Distributed by | Plus M Entertainment |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$18.5 million[1][2] |
Near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Sergeant Lim Gyu-nam of the Korean People's Army, who is about to be discharged after 10 years of service, prepares to defect from North Korea to South Korea, due to disillusionment with the regime. However, lower-ranking soldier Kim Dong-hyuk, who discovers Gyu-nam's plan, attempts to escape first, and Gyu-nam, who tries to stop him, is suddenly arrested as a deserter.
Major Li Hyeon-sang of the State Security Ministry who came to the unit to investigate a deserter, transforms Gyu-nam, whom he had known since childhood, into a hero for his efforts to apprehend a deserter, and gives him a position as a direct assistant to the division commander, promoting his performance. He's trying to raise it.[clarification needed] However, when Gyu-nam makes a full-scale escape, Hyeon-sang begins a pursuit with no way to back down.As Gyu-nam and Dong-hyuk make their escape Dong-hyuk is killed by Major Li Hyeon, Dong-Hyuk hands hands his sister's necklace to Gyu-nam and scumbs to his injuries, Major Li then chases him. Still, he is stopped as Gyu-Nam crosses the mine field, as dawn breaks Gyu-Nam sees a squad of South Korean patrol troops realizing he is nearby South Korea, but as he approaches he gets stopped by Major Li at gunpoint who says that life in South Korea is a failure. Still, Gyu-Nam pushes him and beats him up he then ran towards a telephone and calls the South Korean soldiers of JSA about his wish to defect.
Gyu-nam then rushes inside a tunnel that heads towards the DMZ and to South Korea as runs he is shot by Major Li multiple times, determined to escape Gyu-nam crawls towards a white line that symbolises the North and South Korean border. As Major Li is about to kill Gyu-Nam the South Korean troops arrive on time, forcing Major Li to leave Gyu-Nam he also notices that his hands are on the White Line he is now officially in South Korea, Gyu Nam is then asked by a South Korean that did he radio, for defect in response he said yes after this he is rescued by South Korean Army to Safety.
One year later Gyu-Nam is sitting inside his apartment, writing a business proposal letter looks like he is planning to travel abroad, few days later he also meets he meets his Late Junior Dong-Hyuk's mother and sister where pass the family necklace and also shares some moments with Dong-hyuk while serving in north, in end we see Gyu-Nam now a free man listening to a podcast receives a mail regarding his Business proposal has been approved, seeing this he smiles and walks while watching the beautiful skyline.
In the film, Major Li Hyeon-sang turns out to have won international piano competitions, but chooses the military career because he is the son of a general trying to survive in the regime. According to the closing credits accompanied by Zion.T's 2014 digital single "Yanghwa Bridge", these are the classical music that have appeared in the movie:
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