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...Only the fifth Korean film to cross the ten million admissions milestone, the 2009 Hollywood-style blockbuster disaster movie Haeundae has joined The Host, Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War, King & The Clown, & Silmido in Koreas all-time top five grossing films. Helmed by Sex is Zero & My Boss, My Hero director Yoon Je Kyun, Haeundae is about Korea getting struck by a massive tsunami. The films title refers to its ground zero, popular Haeundae Beach located in southern port city Busan. The all-star ensemble cast of Sol Kyung Gu ( Public Enemy), Park Joong Hoon ( Radio Star), Ha Ji Won ( Closer to Heaven), Uhm Jung Hwa ( Insadong Scandal), & Lee Min Ki (A Million) play different people from different walks of life who are swept into the films human drama & thrilling battle for survival.
Rough-talking, soft-hearted former fisherman Man Sik (Sol Kyung Gu) runs a seafood joint by the sea, & watches out for Yeon Hee (Ha Ji Won) who struggles to run a restaurant by herself. They share a bond beyond friendship, but Man Sik cant seem to confess his feelings, or tell Yeon Hee the truth about her fathers death at sea years ago. Man Siks earnest lifeguard brother Hyung Sik (Lee Min Ki) has fallen for a sassy girl (Kang Ye Won) from Seoul. Meanwhile, in another part of Korea alarmed geologist Kim Hee (Park Joong Hoon) discovers that a mega-tsunami is heading for the peninsula. With the authorities refusing to listen, he rushes to Haeundae where his estranged ex-wife Yu Jin (Uhm Jung Hwa) & daughter (Kim Yoo Jung) are, but its already too late to escape...