The Spy Gone North

(2018)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 225 votes

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Year: 2018

Runtime: 138 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: Юн Джон-бин

Cast: Хван Джон-мин, Ли Сон-мин, 조진웅, Чжу Чжи Хун, Чон Со Ли, Ким Хон Пха, 기주봉, 김응수, Chae Yong, 박성웅

Plot

South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.

In 1993, former military officer Suk-young Park is recruited as a spy by South Korea's National Intelligence Service, and given the code name "Black Venus". He is then sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials based in Beijing, with the ultimate goal of acquiring information on the North's nuclear program. After becoming close to Myong-un Ri, a key power broker, Black Venus succeeds beyond his wildest dreams of gaining the trust of North Korea's leadership. But political machinations on both sides of the border threaten to derail his accomplishments.