Film

Runaway

1984 · 1h 45m · Drama

Rotten Tomatoes

48%

Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is forced to emigrate to Kando (Jiandao) in Manchuria. His family faces numerous adversities there and after a row with a local pharmacist, he is imprisoned. The prison is raided by Kim Il-sung and his guerrillas, who free the inmates, who take revenge on the Japanese by blowing up a railway.

Choe Sang-soo

Song Ryul

Choi Eun-hee

Song Ryul's wife

Kim Yeon-sil

• Shin Sang-okDirector

Release date

May 1, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Drama