THE SPY GONE NORTH

GONGJAK

By Jong-Bin YOON

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Drama - Completed 2018

In the mid-1990s, a loyal South Korean secret agent is caught in a political vortex plotted by the ruling classes of North and South Korea.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2018
Midnight Screenings
BFI London FF 2018
Debate
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Duration
    • 141 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jong-Bin YOON
    • Synopsis
    • In 1993, former military officer Suk-young Park is recruited as a spy by South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and given the code name "Black Venus". He is then sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials based in Beijing, with the ultimate goal of acquiring information on the North's nuclear program. After becoming close to Myong-un Ri, a key power broker, Black Venus succeeds beyond his wildest dreams of gaining the trust of North Korea's leadership. But political machinations on both sides of the border threaten to derail his accomplishments.