South Korea Synopsis
크로싱
Yong-soo is an ex-soccer player who lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son, Joon. Although living in extreme poverty like many other families in North Korea, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo's pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can't even find food for her in North Korea. So he decides to secretly cross the border to China hoping to find the medicine for his wife.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Crossing. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2007–2009 South Korea Window
Crossing holds position #24 of 105 South Korea films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Crossing premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other South Korea films in 2008.
The 321st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
31 audience reviews — more than 59% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (59th percentile) outruns trending popularity (19th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #735 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #510 of 868 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Camp B, Vantage Holdings |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | June 5, 2008 |
| IMDb | tt1133922 |