Escape from Mogadishu (2021)

Profile

• Movie: Escape from Mogadishu (English title)
• Revised romanization: Mogadishu
• Hangul: 모가디슈

• Director: Ryoo Seung-Wan
• Writer:
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: July 28, 2021
• Runtime: 121 min.
• Distributor: Lotte Cultureworks
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Han Shin-Sung (Kim Yun-Seok) works as an ambassador at the South Korean Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. A civil war breaks out in the country. Han Shin-Sung, his wife, and embassy officials are trapped in the embassy building. Meanwhile, Kang Dae-Jin (Zo In-Sung) works as a councilor at the North Korean Embassy in Mogadishu. The North Korean Embassy experiences the same threat of violence as the South Korean Embassy. Han Shin-Sung and Kang Dae-Jin work together to get people from both embassies out of Somalia.