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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.

Director:

WooSuk Yang (as Woo-seok Yang)

Writers:

Ha-Yong Jung, WooSuk Yang (as Woo-seok Yang)
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Credited cast:
Jung Woo-sung ... Eom Chul-woo
Do-won Kwak ... Kwak Chul-woo
Kim Kap-su ... Ri Tai-han
Eui-sung Kim ... Lee Eui-sung
Kyeong-Yeong Lee ... Kim Kyeong-yeong
Woo-jin Jo ... Choi Myung-rok
Myung-gon Kim ... Li Hongzhang
Eun-hye Park ... Kwon Sook-jeong
Jin-ah Won ... Ryeo Min-kyung
Jae-yong Lee ... Park Kwang-dong
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Joey Albright ... Pilot
Kristen Dalton ... Joanne Martin
Dean Dawson ... Father
Ron Donachie ... US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs
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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The coup arose in North

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Trivia

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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Alternate Versions

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 »

Connections

Followed by Steel Rain 2 (2020) See more »

Soundtracks

Crooked
Written by Ji-yong Kwon and TEDDY
Performed by Ji-yong Kwon
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Great movie
16 March 2018 | by davehaydockSee all my reviews

Great film great story..great characters...well written...I got a little confused at the beginning


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Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | Mandarin | English

Release Date:

14 December 2017 (South Korea) See more »

Also Known As:

Steel Rain See more »

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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$32,783,733
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YWorks Entertainment See more »
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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