A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Woo-sung Jung | ... | Eom Chul-woo | |
| Do-won Kwak | ... | Kwak Chul-woo | |
| Eui-sung Kim | ... | Lee Eui-sung | |
| Kyeong-yeong Lee | ... | Kim Kyeong-yeong | |
| Kap-su Kim | ... | Ri Tai-han | |
| Woo-jin Jo | ... | Choi Myung-rok | |
| Jae-yong Lee | ... | Park Kwang-dong | |
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Ji-ho Kim | ... | Choi Soo-hyeon |
| Myung-gon Kim | ... | Li Hongzhang | |
| Eun-hye Park | ... | Kwon Sook-jeong | |
| Ron Donachie | ... | US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs | |
| Kristen Dalton | ... | Joanne Martin | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Daniel Joey Albright | ... | Pilot | |
| Dean Dawson | ... | Father | |
| Andreas Fronk | ... | Tyler | |
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A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.
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14 March 2018 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Steel Rain See more »Filming Locations:
Dae-hyun Church, Bonghwa-gun, Geongsangbuk-do, KoreaEdit
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Kwak Chul-woo: Okay.
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Written by Ji-yong Kwon and TEDDY
Performed by Ji-yong Kwon and Yoon-ah Kim
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The shared name of the two main characters, Chul-woo, is a homophone for 'Steel Rain' in Korean hanja - 'chul' can stand for 'steel' or 'iron', while 'woo' can mean 'rain' or 'rainfall'. See more »Quotes
Eom Chul-woo: [angrily] If anything happens to him, there will definitely be war!Kwak Chul-woo: Okay.
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In the theatrical version, the title card is shown in Korean but in the Netflix version the title card is shown in English. See more »Soundtracks
Missing YouWritten by Ji-yong Kwon and TEDDY
Performed by Ji-yong Kwon and Yoon-ah Kim
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We have become so used to the hegemony of Hollywood that it is easy to forget other countries can and do produce excellent movies. This South Korean film is superb in that it is has a topical credible plot that is executed well producing an intelligent political action thriller which touches of humanity and humour. Well worth watching and enjoying.