Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean action horror film[4] directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, and Ma Dong-seok.[5] The film mostly takes place on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks out in the country and threatens the safety of the passengers.
The film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May.[6][7][8][9] On 7 August, the film set a record as the first Korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatergoers.The film serves as a reunion for Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi, who both starred in the 2011 film The Crucible. A standalone sequel, Peninsula, was released in South Korea on July 15, 2020.
Premise: A chemical leak at a biotech plant causes the start of a zombie apocalypse that rapidly spreads across South Korea.
Fund manager Seo Seok-woo is a cynical workaholic and divorced father. His daughter Su-an wants to spend her birthday with her mother in Busan. He tries to soothe her with the gift of a Wii, forgetting that she already has one. Overcome with guilt after watching a video of Su-an suffering from stage fright while singing "Aloha 'Oe" at a recital he couldn't attend, he decides to take her to Busan via an early KTX 101 train from Seoul Station. Other passengers include working-class Yoon Sang-hwa and his pregnant wife Seong-kyeong; selfish COO Yon-suk; a high school baseball team that includes baseball player Min Yong-guk and cheerleader Kim Jin-hee; train attendant Ki-chul; elderly sisters In-gil and Jong-gil; and a homeless stowaway.
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