Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
The Yellow Sea
TITLE DETAILS

The Yellow Sea

2010-12-22 · 156 min · ★ 7.4

Drama · Thriller · Crime

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Na Hong-jin
Production companies
Wellmade Starm, Popcorn Film, 20th Century Fox Korea, Showbox, Fox International Productions Korea, Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, Asia Culture Technology Investment, Michigan Venture Capital
Countries
South Korea
Status
Released
Budget
USD 8,170,000
Revenue
USD 15,789,762

Top Cast

Ha Jung-wooHa Jung-wooKim Goo-nam
Kim Yoon-seokKim Yoon-seokMyun Jung-hak
Cho Seong-haCho Seong-haKim Tae-won
Lee Cheol-minLee Cheol-minChoi Seong-nam
Kwak Do-wonKwak Do-wonProfessor Kim Seung-hyun
Im Ye-wonIm Ye-wonProfessor's Wife
Tak Sung-eunGoo-nam's Wife
ELELJoo Yeong
Jeong Man-sikJeong Man-sikDetective 1
Jung Min-sungJung Min-sungDetective 2
Park Yun-hoUlsan Broker 1
Seung Eui-yeolSeung Eui-yeolUlsan Broker 2
Kim Ki-hwanProfessor's Driver
Seong Byeong-sukSeong Byeong-sukGoo-nam's Mother
Yum Dong-hunYum Dong-hunBald Head
Kong Jeong-hwanKong Jeong-hwanJeon Pil-kyu
Jo Jeong-yeonMoon-sik
Kim Hong-sooKim Hong-sooDebt Collector 1
Baek Seung-chulBaek Seung-chulDebt Collector 2
Yoon Byung-heeYoon Byung-heeKorean-Chinese Waiter

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Rental

Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

Purchase

Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

With ads

Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

The Outlaws
★ 7.6
The Outlaws2017Thriller · Crime

In Chinatown, law and order is turned upside down when a trio of feral Chinese gangsters arrive, start terrorizing civilians, and usurping territory. The beleaguered local gangsters team up with the police, lead by the badass loose cannon Ma Seok-do, to bring them down. Based on a true story.

The Roundup
★ 7.3
The Roundup2022Thriller · Crime

The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.

New World
★ 7.4
New World2013Drama · Thriller · Crime

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

Memories of Murder
★ 8.1
Memories of Murder2003Drama · Thriller · Crime

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.

One Night in Bangkok
★ 6.6
One Night in Bangkok2020Drama · Thriller · Crime

A hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop, it's too late to walk away. Meanwhile, an offbeat police detective races to decode the string of slayings before more blood is spilled.

The Chaser
★ 7.8
The Chaser2008Thriller · Crime

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

Gangnam Blues
★ 6.4
Gangnam Blues2015Thriller · Crime

Jong-dae and Yong-ki make a living by picking up paper and empty bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.

Nameless Gangster
★ 6.8
Nameless Gangster2012Thriller · Crime

Ik-hyeon, a corrupt officer, joins forces with another crook, Hyung-bae, to continue his illegal activities before he loses his job. Eventually, he decides to escape and pin the blame on his partner.

The Roundup: No Way Out
★ 7.2
The Roundup: No Way Out2023Thriller · Crime

Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

Drive
★ 7.6
Drive2011Drama · Thriller · Crime

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

The Replacement Killers
★ 6.3
The Replacement Killers1998Thriller · Crime

Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
★ 7.9
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil2019Thriller · Crime

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

Colombiana
★ 6.7
Colombiana2011Drama · Thriller · Crime

After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.

Avengement
★ 6.9
Avengement2019Thriller · Crime

While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.

Collateral
★ 7.2
Collateral2004Drama · Thriller · Crime

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.

Vanishing
★ 6.6
Vanishing2022Thriller · Crime

When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolutionary technique for recognizing bodies. With more corpses on the way and a mysterious organ trafficking ring uncovered, things are about to get more dangerous in the land of the morning calm…

A Hard Day
★ 7.1
A Hard Day2014Thriller · Crime

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

The International
★ 6.3
The International2009Thriller · Crime

An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

Coin Locker Girl
★ 7.0
Coin Locker Girl2015Drama · Thriller

Il-young tries to get away from her adoptive mother because she does not want to get involved in her mother's criminal activities.

The Killer
★ 7.6
The Killer2022Thriller · Crime

While his girlfriend is away on a trip, retired assassin Bang Ui-kang is tasked with looking after her friend's 17-year-old daughter. After a street attack, Bang Ui-kang becomes embroiled in a murder investigation and dangerous trafficking gang.

Similar titles

Bon Cop Bad Cop
★ 6.4
Bon Cop Bad Cop2006Crime

When the body of the executive of hockey Benoit Brisset is found on the billboard of the border of Quebec and Ontario, the jurisdiction of the crime is shared between the two police forces and detectives David Bouchard from Montreal and Martin Ward from Toronto are assigned to work together. With totally different styles, attitudes and languages.

Last Hit
★ 6.7
Last Hit2026Drama · Thriller · Crime

A pair of criminals seeking a fresh start are intervened by their boss, who takes one of them hostage to force a final job. Vincent and Maya decide to escape their gang and settle for a peaceful life, but they are trapped into one last hit with hidden agendas, betrayals, and unexpected alliances. Last Hit is a high-stakes, action-packed thriller about redemption, betrayal, and the ultimate cost of freedom. Vincent and Maya decide to escape from their life of crime when their boss, Dante starts blurring the lines between heists and hits. During their last job they realize they've walked into a setup orchestrated by Dante himself. This trap pushed Vincent and Maya to the firm decision to walk away from the gang.

Midnight Movie
★ 5.0
Midnight Movie2008Thriller

At a seedy theater in a sleepy suburban town, a group of friends get together for a midnight screening of an early 1970s horror film, unaware that the director has something more in store for them.

The Long Good Friday
★ 7.2
The Long Good Friday1980Drama · Thriller · Crime

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

The Comeback Trail
★ 5.8
The Comeback Trail2020Crime

Two movie producers who owe money to the mob set up their aging movie star for an insurance scam to try and save themselves. But they wind up getting more than they ever imagined.

Pathemari
★ 7.6
Pathemari2015Drama

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

The Alibi
★ 5.7
The Alibi2006Drama

Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant others. It seems that the streetwise Ray has found his calling, until he unexpectedly becomes a murder suspect in a case involving one of his most influential customers. Now, as the police and an assassin called "The Mormon" track Ray, he and his attractive assistant, Lola, must clear their own names.

Poster unavailable
Not rated
The Almanac2026Drama · Thriller

Jim Harrison is a news anchor that has a private investigator ( Himo Rockfall ) hunting him down to see if he is related to a string of murders.

G.P.S.
★ 4.8
G.P.S.2007Thriller

College friends embark on a GPS treasure hunt in search of money. Instead of finding buried treasure, they find a buried coffin that contains photos of a kidnapped woman and GPS coordinates that lead deeper into the forest. Are the photos real or part of a game?

Murder at Monkey Hill
Not rated
Murder at Monkey Hill1976Thriller

The story deals with a professional hitman, who falls in love with the woman he sets out to murder.

Julia
★ 4.8
Julia2015Thriller

After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.

The Man from Hell
★ 3.5
The Man from Hell1977Drama · Crime

A detective's bride and her bridesmaid are raped and killed on the eve of the wedding, and the bodies are left covered in red roses. The detective is drugged and framed for the murders and he must clear his name and find the killers.

Infliction
★ 3.7
Infliction2014Drama

"Infliction" is the actual assembled footage taken from the cameras belonging to two brothers, who documented a murder spree in North Carolina.

I.D.
★ 6.6
I.D.1995Drama · Crime

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .

District 13: Ultimatum
★ 6.4
District 13: Ultimatum2009Thriller · Crime

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

Stiletto
★ 4.7
Stiletto2008Thriller · Crime

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count

Mini's First Time
★ 5.5
Mini's First Time2006Drama · Crime

Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini seduces her stepfather Martin and soon convinces him to join her in a sadistic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.

The Card Player
★ 4.4
The Card Player2004Thriller · Crime

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

The Young Blood Chronicles
★ 8.3
The Young Blood Chronicles2014Thriller

The members of Fall Out Boy undergo kidnappings, torture, and murder at the hands of Courtney Love, the leader of a cult with one aim: to silence the music.

Crossing Over
★ 6.1
Crossing Over2009Drama · Crime

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.