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Marine Boy is a film of genre Thriller with Kim Kang-woo
Marine Boy (2009)
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Add to a movie listMarine Boy (Hangul: 마린보이; RR: Marin Boi) is a 2009 South Korean film. The feature film debut of writer and director Yoon Jong-seok, it stars Kim Kang-woo, Cho Jae-hyun and Park Si-yeon in the lead roles. Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea. Yoon regarded the film's title as a unique point, saying, "There is something beguiling about its duality, how these criminals are called something that romantically calls to mind the popular cartoon Marine Boy or the star swimmer Park Tae-Hwan".
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Former national swimmer Cheon-soo dreams of travelling to Palau, and to fund his trip he works as a swimming instructor by day while gambling at night. However, after losing a game of poker he finds himself heavily in debt and in trouble with the loan sharks. Kang, the head of a local drugs syndicate, offers to pay off Cheon-soo's debts; in return, Cheon-soo must work as a "marine boy", a mule who smuggles drugs across the open waters.Actors
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