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THE HIMALAYAS

HIMALAYA

By Seok-Hoon LEE

M STUDIO - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, THAILAND

Action/Adventure - Completed 2015

Based on true events, renowned mountaineer Um Hong-gil sets out on a mission to Everest to retrieve his late junior climber’s body and faces the greatest challenge of his life.

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- Action/Adventure, Drama
- Countries
- KOREA (South), NEPAL
- Languages
- KOREAN
- Budget
- 10 - 25 M$
- Duration
- 124 mn
- Director(s)
- Seok-Hoon LEE
- Cast
- Jung-Min HWANG, Woo JUNG
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-46E0-0000-J-0000-0000-H
- EIDR
- 10.5240/F76E-31E2-5DE7-C2D8-FCFC-F
- Synopsis
- Following a grueling climb up Kanchenjunga, Hong-gil and Mu-taek become fast friends and
  partners in climb. The peak of their professional careers comes when they become the 14th team
  to scale the Himalayas. But the climb came at a price: both sustained injuries and Hong-gil was
  compelled to retire. Years later, Hong-gil is a renowned lecturer and Mu-taek takes up an assignment to go up Everest. When Hong-gil learns that Mu-taek has gone missing, he blames himself for
  encouraging the younger man’s plans. Looking at a photo of Mu-taek’s frozen corpse still trapped
  on the mountain, he decides to put together a rescue team to retrieve the body. Despite warnings,
  concerns over his injured leg and treacherous storms, Hong-gil leads the expedition.