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Stories Set in Busan
Busan is Korea's southeastern port city of beaches, fish markets and hillside lanes above the harbor. Its work as an evacuation port during the 1950-1953 Korean War swelled it with refugees, turning it into a screen setting for survival, crime and seaside endurance. Train to Busan and The Attorney show that port toughness at different scales. Open Busan on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 2 books, 14 movies and 1 game set in Busan.
Train to Busan
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Tidal Wave
On Haeundae Beach a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker…
The Attorney
In the early 1980s South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties…
BTS 5TH Muster: Magic Shop
BTS 5th Muster: Magic Shop was BTS's 5th Muster concert and fan meeting event. It took place from June 15 2019 to June 23 2019 in Busan and Seoul South Korea.
Pachinko
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is…
Nameless Gangster
A corrupt customs official joins forces with a vicious gangster to form the most powerful crime partnership in Busan.
Mood of the Day
A train ride brings two unlikely souls together as Bae a committed partner of a serious 10-year relationship sees her world turned upside down by the charming playboy Kim. Seated together on a business trip from Seoul…
The Drug King
Busan South Korea 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition he eventually takes over the drug underworld…
Tough as Iron
Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.
A Little Princess
Mal-soon is a tough granny in a shanty town in Busan. In front of her 12-year-old Gong-ju appears with her baby sister Jin-ju on her back. Gong-ju claims that she is the daughter of Mal-soon’s runaway daughter.…
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