Feeling stuck, young fisherman Yong-su sees no hope in his future - like a fish in a net. As a last resort, he plans an insurance scam by staging his disappearance, hoping to provide a better life for his Vietnamese wife and his ageing mother. At the centre of this scheme is his captain, Yeong-guk, who reluctantly reports Yong-su missing. However, when Yong-su’s mother refuses to connect her son’s disappearance with his death, the white lie snowballs into something harder to chew.

The Land of Morning Calm (2024)

Tied to tides of misery.

★ 6.8/10 November 27, 2024 114 min

Drama

Director: Park Ri-woong  ·  Writer: Park Ri-woong

Feeling stuck, young fisherman Yong-su sees no hope in his future - like a fish in a net. As a last resort, he plans an insurance scam by staging his disappearance, hoping to provide a better life for his Vietnamese wife and his ageing mother. At the centre of this scheme is his captain, Yeong-guk, who reluctantly reports Yong-su missing. However, when Yong-su’s mother refuses to connect her son’s disappearance with his death, the white lie snowballs into something harder to chew.

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Director

Park Ri-woong

Cast

Yun Ju-sang Yeong-guk Khazsak Yeong-ran Yang Hee-kyung Pan-rye Park Jong-hwan Yong-su Yang Mi-seon Soon-he Jeong Ae-hwa Seon-sook Oh Man-seok Bong-sam Yoo Soon-woong Hyuck-soo Na Jong-min Im Seung-pyo Park Won-sang Hyeong-rack Choi Hee-jin Ko Yu-shin Jung Hoe-ryn Soon-he's Daughter