Commitment

    Genre
    Action, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    113 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    South Korea
  • |
    • Languages
    Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Hong-soo Park
WRITTEN BY:
Soo-young Kim
CAST INCLUDES:
Seung-Hyun Choi, Yeri Han, Je-mun Yun

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Hong-Soo Park's COMMITMENT follows the son of a North Korean spy, who decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. The Seattle Times raves, "In this expansive, even elegant movie, Myung-hoon turns from assassin to knight-errant in pursuit of a virtue he barely has time to understand. His rapid evolution is nothing short of moving."

SYNOPSIS

After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon (Choi Seung-hyun, aka T.O.P) and his young sister Hye-in (Han Ye-ri) are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector.

Commitment

    Genre
    Action, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    113 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2013
  • |
    • Countries
    South Korea
  • |
    • Languages
    Korean
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Hong-soo Park
WRITTEN BY
Soo-young Kim
CAST INCLUDES
Seung-Hyun Choi, Yeri Han, Je-mun Yun
Hong-Soo Park's COMMITMENT follows the son of a North Korean spy, who decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. The Seattle Times raves, "In this expansive, even elegant movie, Myung-hoon turns from assassin to knight-errant in pursuit of a virtue he barely has time to understand. His rapid evolution is nothing short of moving."

After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon (Choi Seung-hyun, aka T.O.P) and his young sister Hye-in (Han Ye-ri) are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector.

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