This film will represent South Korea at the Oscar and debuts in the direction after highlight as screenwriter in the greatful 'Memories of murder'. Thriller based on the play '' Ha Emo '' and which in turn tells the true story of a captain of fishing boat called Kang Chul-joo, who is desperate to see the little fishing that is getting and forced to make a risky and illegal business transporting illegal immigrants from China into Korea. However, in a stormy night there will be a series of disasters unleashed madness on the boat. In the chao, the youngest member of the crew, Dong-sik, tries to protect a young immigrant who falls in love. Haemoo was released in South Korea on August 13, 2014. It reached 1,084,375 admissions after one week.