Title: Train to Busan
Original Title: Busanhaeng
Year: 2016
Info
- Country: South Korea
- Length: 118 Minutes (1 hour 58 min)
- Budget: €8,000,000
- Genre: Action Horror Thriller
- Distributor: A Contracorriente Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: October 28 2016
- United States: July 22 2016
Plot
Busy divorced executive Sok-woo and his daughter Soo-ahn are boarding the KTX, a fast train that shall bring them from Seoul to Busan. But right at the moment of their departure, the train station is overrun by zombies which kill the train driver and wreak havoc on the train. Alone and scared the passengers will have to fight for their lives against the danger that is devastating the country. South Korean action, apocalyptic and survival film that has become an event in its home country and a box office hit.
The film is written and directed by Sang-ho Yeon, known by other titles like 'Seoul Station' or 'The Fake'. The cast is completed by Yoo Gong as Seok Woo; Soo-an Kim as Soo-an; Yu-mi Jung as Sung Gyeong; Dong-seol Ma as Sang Hwa, between others. The corean director Yeon Sang-ho was awarded in Sitges Film Festival with two prizes: Best Director and Best Visual Effects. The movie was officially selected in Cannes Film Festival and it was very commented.
Cast
Director:
Seok Woo
Soo-an
Sung Gyeong
Sang Hwa
Young Gook
Jin-hee
Yong-Suk
Videos
September 19 2016
Photos
Trivia
Awards II
The film was awarded with public prize, prize from critics and best visual effects in Fancine Malaga Festival and with public prize in Molins de Rei Film Terror Festival.
Busan
Gong Yoo was actually born in Busan.
Cannes Film Festival
The film was officially selected in Cannes Film Festival and it was very commented by the critics.
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