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Runaway

Where:

🇨🇳 China 🇰🇷 South Korea

When:

The 20th Century

Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is forced to emigrate to Kando (Jiandao) in Manchuria. His family faces numerous adversities there and after a row with a local pharmacist, he is imprisoned. The prison is raided by Kim Il-sung and his guerrillas, who free the inmates, who take revenge on the Japanese by blowing up a railway.

Released in 1984 — 105 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Language:

Korean