The Yellow Sea
“The only thing he must not have crossed.”
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
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Cast
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Ha Jung-woo
Kim Goo-nam
Known for
The Handmaiden
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
Lee El
Joo-young
Kim Yoon-seok
Myun Jung-hak
Known for
The Chaser
The Thieves
Cho Seong-ha
Kim Tae-won
Known for
The K2
Navillera
Lee Cheol-min
Choi Seong-nam
Known for
Black
The K2
Kwak Do-won
Professor Kim Seung-hyun
Known for
The Wailing
Steel Rain
Im Ye-won
Seung-hyun's Wife
Also in
4 Days
Tak Sung-eun
Goo-nam's Wife
Known for
Bedevilled
Bunshinsaba: Ouija Board
EL
Joo Yeong
Known for
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Black
Seong Byeong-sook
Gu-nam's mother
Jeong Man-sik
Detective 1
Known for
Vagabond
Good Boy
Jung Min-sung
Detective 2
Known for
Record of Youth
Prison Playbook
Na Hong-jin Director · Dalpalan Composer Jang Young-gyu Composer
Worldwide gross $16M · Budget $8.2M · United States release December 2, 2011
Box office
Budget
$8,170,000
Worldwide gross
$15,789,762
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
Wellmade Starm
Production
Popcorn Film
Production
20th Century Fox Korea
Production
Showbox
Production
Fox International Productions Korea
Production
Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum
Production
Asia Culture Technology Investment
Production
Michigan Venture Capital
Production
Popcorn films
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
황해
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Korean · Spanish
Release dates
South Korea · December 22, 2010
Theatrical
United States · December 2, 2011
Theatrical
Argentina
November 5, 2011 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
May 24, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Belgium
April 11, 2019 · Premiere · Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
Brazil
October 21, 2011 · Premiere · São Paulo International Film Festival
Czechia
August 26, 2011 · Premiere · Fresh Film Fest
France
May 18, 2011 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
July 20, 2011 · Theatrical
November 30, 2011 · Physical
Germany
May 24, 2012 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 28, 2011 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
November 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 14, 2012 · Premiere · Titanic International Filmpresence Festival
Ireland
October 21, 2011 · Theatrical
Italy
May 7, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Japan
October 26, 2011 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
January 7, 2012 · Theatrical
Philippines
November 12, 2011 · Premiere · Cinemanila International Film Festival
Portugal
September 14, 2012 · Premiere · Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
Spain
January 6, 2012 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
November 14, 2011 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
February 8, 2012 · Physical · DVD
Türkiye
March 23, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 21, 2011 · Theatrical
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