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Runaway (1984)

Runaway (1984)

Drama
Release Date: 1984, May 1
Directors: Shin Sang-ok
Countries: North Korea
Production: Shin Films
Cast: Choi Eun-hee, Choe Sang-soo

Overview:

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.