The film tells that at the end of World War II, more than 400 North Koreans were deceived by South Korean traitors and Japanese soldiers to the Gunkanjima. The different fates gradually began to interweave. At the beginning of the film, the brutality of the Japanese and the suffering of the Koreans are portrayed in a long black and white image. The entire movie scene is built, and the props production is amazing. The first few shots of the movie show us the real situation of North Koreans living on the island! The simple lifting platform slowly falling in the black-and-white picture is like a heavy stone, pressing in the hearts of the audience at the beginning, and then the North Korean workers who dig mining appear in the camera, and they are transported to the bottom of the sea like goods in cages In the deepest mine, there are workers moving and leaking gas everywhere. Here, the North Koreans are workers in name but slaves in reality, a group of severely oppressed slaves.
In the hell-like coal mine tunnels, there is always a feeling of depression and sadness. The realistic and delicate costumes, coupled with the almost real performances of all the actors, reveal a strong sense of realism.
There are several very distinct characters in the movie: Suko, a stubborn tattooed prostitute and a violent but responsible gangster Cui Qixing, Su Ji, who has been dancing and crying, and her cowardly but strong father, a Japanese officer with a terrifying smile and a double-edged sword. The North Korean leader, and Park Moo-young, the secret agent who drives the plot. The war scenes in the movie are tragic and desperate, and life looks fragile under the cold firearms. There was almost an overwhelming hail of bullets on one side, while the other side fought back and wailed with rudimentary homemade weapons. From the agitation and hustle and bustle of the crowd when the plan was discovered, to the unraveling unity when trying to help up the collapsed ladder. There is no hero who changed the world in the movie, and there is no radiant savior, and the scene once felt very out of control. Everything just happens naturally with the belief in "survive" in human nature. While struggling, they cried: "Who will save me!" "What did we do wrong?" "Let's go home!" As the most ordinary audience, I can be moved and shocked when watching the movie, which should be the credit of the director and the actors with superb acting skills. I didn't just focus on showing how heroic the rescuer Park Moo-young was, how bad the Japanese were, and how brutal Japan was. On the contrary, the film moved countless people by showing Li Jiangyu's most simple love for her daughter, the vague love story between the tenacious last daughter and the underworld Cui Qixing, and the newly married groomsmen and other "little people", non-heroes. It also reflects the cruelty of Japan, the misery of the arrested laborers and the helplessness of weak countries. It also exposes human nature from the other side. In the face of Da Yi and his daughter, what choice will a father make? Li Jiangyu chose his daughter, and he chose to bow down. This may be the most real choice, the most simple human nature. The director is really good at describing this.
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