Underground Rendezvous (2007)

Profile

• Movie: Underground Rendezvous
• Revised romanization: Mannamui Gwangjang
• Hangul: 만남의 광장
• Director: Kim Jong-Jin
• Writer: Lee Hyun-Chul
• Producer: Jung Phil-Su, Song Chang-Yong
• Cinematographer: Moon Yong-Sik
• Release Date: August 15, 2007
• Runtime: 107 min.
• Genre: Comedy / Rural / North Korea
• Distributor: Showbox
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Set in the 1980’s, the eldest son of a poor family decides to move to Seoul to become a teacher. Yet as soon as he reaches the city, his money is stolen and his bags are lost. He manages to reach a remote town, where coincidentally they were looking for a new teacher for the town children. He soon falls in love with a woman there, yet her origin seems vague as the townspeople only say she comes from somewhere up North. It turns out the townspeople have been communicating with another bordering town in North Korea through a secret tunnel connecting the two.