Screenwriter Shim Sung-bo (Memories
of Murder) directors his first feature
film based on the true story of a group
of fisherman who face tragic consequences while smuggling illegal immi-
grants.

Captaining the 69 ton fishing vessel, The Junjin, is Kang, a weathered
seaman who decides after years of declining fishing hauls that he needs to
take drastic action to make ends meet
and keep his crew members in work. He
decides to strike a deal with a human
trafficking broker to smuggle people
into Korea. The ships leaves port with
the crew believing they are heading
out to catch their biggest haul in years,
unaware that they are actually going to
pick up Korean-Chinese immigrants. In
the open sea Kang rendezvous with a Chinese vessel who unloads its cargo,
people, onto The Junjin. Confused at
what is happening, the crew members
slowly realise what Kang’s intentions
are and what they are unwitting part of.
The crew look to comfort the abused
immigrants while Kang treats them
worse than the traffickers. The Junjin
stays in open waters unmoving which
causes restlessness in The Junjin’s cargo
and that of its crew. Tensions and tempers flare as a fog descends on the ship.

Produced by Bong Joon-ho (The
Host, Snowpiercer), Haemoo hosts an
all star cast in this tension filled drama,
including; Kim Yoon-seok (The Chaser),
Han Ye-ri (Kundo: The Age of the Ram-
pant), Moon Sung-keun (In Another
Country) You Seung-mok (Han Gong-
ju) and Lee Hee-jun (The Unjust).