During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ‘Hashima Island’ to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

A Beijing professor returns to his stomping grounds for a friend’s funeral. Reflecting on the past, he meets a tea shop owner who sparks feelings of love in a time…

A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.