| Uniform Title |
Escape from Mogadishu (Motion picture : 2021) |
| Title |
Escape from Mogadishu. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (121 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : LFD0035. |
| Originally released theatrically on July 28, 2021, by Lotte Entertainment in IMAX format. |
| Based on true events. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Ryoo Seung-Wan ; produced by Kang Hye-jung, Kim Yong-hwa. |
| Performers |
Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho, Kim So-jin. |
| Summary |
In the late 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, a diplomatic skirmish between North and South Korea breaks out on the African continent over the latter's campaign to join the United Nations. In 1991, three years after the opening of a South Korean embassy, Somalia's capital Mogadishu is engulfed in civil war, leaving the South Korean diplomats trapped. The North Korean embassy, meanwhile, faces the same situation. The diplomats of these two nations, who in the outside world are sworn enemies, become targets for the hails of bullets fired by both Somali government forces and the rebels in the chaos of civil war. Risking their lives, they embark on a joint escape. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 ; NTSC ; Region all ; widescreen 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
30th Buil Film Awards, Best Film, Best Supporting Actor [Heo Jun-ho], Best Screenplay [Ryoo Seung-wan and Lee Ki-cheol] ; 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards, Best Film 2021. |
| 8th Korean Film Writers Association Awards, Best Film 2021 ; 58th Baeksang Arts Awards, Best Film 2021. |
| Subjects |
Civil war -- Somalia -- Mogadishu -- Drama |
| Koreans -- Somalia -- Mogadishu -- Drama |
| Survival -- Somalia -- Mogadishu -- Drama |
| Diplomats -- Korea -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Korea (South) |
| Motion pictures, Korean |
| Foreign language films |
| Mogadishu (Somalia) -- Drama |
| Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1960-1991 |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| War films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Yu, Sŭng-wan, 1973- director, screenwriter. |
| Kim, Yun-sŏk, 1968- actor. |
| Cho, In-sŏng, 1981- actor. |
| Heo, Jun-ho, 1964- actor. |
| Kim, So-jin, 1979- actor. |
| Added titles |
Mogadisyu |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Cho, In-sŏng, 1981- .
- Heo, Jun-ho, 1964- .
- Kim, So-jin, 1979- .
- Kim, Yun-sŏk, 1968- .
- Yu, Sŭng-wan, 1973- .
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