The Spy Gone North (2018) on Netflix
South Korea's intelligence service recruits Park Seok-young and sends him to Beijing as Black Venus. He is to get close to North Korean officials and learn about their nuclear program.
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Plot summary
Park Seok-young, a former military officer, is recruited by South Korea's National Intelligence Service to find out how far North Korea's nuclear program has gone. Under the direction of Choi Hak-sung, he works under the cover of a businessman with a drinking problem who left the army in debt. Sent to Beijing, Park poses as a trader interested in North Korean goods, hoping to catch the attention of Ri Myung-woon, who runs North Korea's External Economic Committee. Ri and other North Korean officials do take notice, and Ri, wary of the stranger, wants South Korean intelligence in return for his trust.
Cast
- Jeong Sorias Hong-seol
- Yong Chaeas Hwang Byeong-cheol
- Jung-in Choias Seok-yeong's Wife
- Ji-Heon Chaas Section Chief Jeong's Wife
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Spy Gone North (2018)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Spy Gone North is loosely based on the real case of Park Chae-seo, a former South Korean agent who infiltrated North Korea's nuclear facilities.
- Some parts of the film were set in Beijing and North Korea, but those scenes were not shot there: they were filmed in Taiwan instead.
