Traffickers
{{other uses|The Traffickers (2016 TV series)|Trafficker (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Traffickers
| native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^공모자들|hanja=共謀者들}}
| image = File:The_Traffickers_poster.jpg
| director = Kim Hong-sun
| producer = Choi Yeon-ju
Choi Hyeon-muk
Kim Seong-geun
| writer = Kim Sang-myung
Kim Hong-sun
| starring = Im Chang-jung
Choi Daniel
| music = Kim Jun-seong
| cinematography = Yoon Nam-joo
| editing = Shin Min-kyung
| distributor = TimeStory/Cinus Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2012|8|30}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget = {{SK won|3.0 billion}}
| gross = {{SK won|12,240,990,500}}
}}
Traffickers ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^공모자들|rr=yes}}) is a 2012 South Korean crime thriller film starring Im Chang-jung, Choi Daniel, Oh Dal-su and Jo Yoon-hee. It takes place in six hours on a passenger boat with an ongoing black market organ-trafficking operation, and a desperate husband out to find his missing wife.{{cite web|last=Cho|first=Jae-eun|title=Thriller with brains: Traffickers tackles human organ market|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2958343|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126213256/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2958343|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 26, 2013|accessdate=2012-11-18|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=24 August 2012}}{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Mi-ji|title=Traffickers Lim Chang Jung tells behind story|url=http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=124295|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204202152/http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=124295|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 4, 2013|accessdate=2012-11-18|work=StarN News|date=14 September 2012}}{{cite web|last=Elley|first=Derek|title=Traffickers|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/traffickers|work=Film Business Asia|accessdate=2013-04-18|date=4 March 2013}}
Plot
After his best friend dies in an unexpected accident, the black market dealer Young-gyu decides to wash his hands of his illegal activities and start a new life. He then falls in love with an acquaintance, Yu-Ri, who is unaware of his feelings and of his past. He later learns that Yu-ri needs money for her father's surgery, and she has resorted to procuring the services of a local organ broker, who is Young-gyu's former client. The broker promises to help her secure a legal organ donation but secretly relies on black market dealers like Young-gyu, who engage in multiple kidnappings and killings. To help her out, Young-gyu agrees to do the job one last time when he is once again approached by his former client. His smuggling ring gets back together for a final run, and they resume their M.O. of operating out of a ferry boat that runs between Korea and China, picking victims from among its passengers, abducting them from their rooms, harvesting their organs on board the ship while they are still alive yet restrained, and then brutally disposing of the bodies afterwards.{{cite web|title=The Traffickers (2012)|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/08/31/2012083100951.html|accessdate=2012-11-18|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=31 August 2012}}
Meanwhile, a married couple, Sang-ho and Chae-hee (who is disabled and relies on a wheelchair), boards Young-gyu's ferry boat heading to Weihai, China. That very evening, just when the boat enters international waters where countries' laws cannot be enforced, Chae-hee suddenly goes missing, and all her pictures and belongings vanish without a trace. Young-gyu runs into Yu-ri on the same ship, and she claims to be the only witness to Chae-hee's disappearance...
Cast
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- Im Chang-jung - Young-gyu
- Choi Daniel - Sang-ho
- Oh Dal-su - Kyung-jae / "Old Man"
- Jo Yoon-hee - Yu-ri
- Jung Ji-yoon - Chae-hee
- Jo Dal-hwan - Joon-sik
- Lee Young-hoon - Dae-woong
- Shin Seung-hwan - Dong-bae
- Choi Il-hwa - Chul-soo
- Lee Moon-soo - Dr. Oh
- Heo Joon-seok - victim in prologue
- Kim Jae-hwa - Gong Choon-ja
- Go Jung-il - customs officer
- Yoon Sang-ho - boat crew member
- Song Yi-joo - Inspector Jang
- Park Se-yeong - Min-seo
- Park Sung-taek - Choi
- Park Il-mok - office head
- Son Jong-hak - company chairman
- Gong Jung-hwan - Yong-chul
- Oh Sang-jin - police station reporter
- Ra Mi-ran - female courier 1
- Shin Hye-jeong - female courier 2
{{colend}}
Awards and nominations
- Nomination - Best New Director - Kim Hong-sun
- Nomination - Best New Actor - Choi Daniel
- Best New Director - Kim Hong-sun
- Nomination - Best New Actress - Jung Ji-yoon
2012 Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards{{cite web|title=Winners - Film category|url=http://awards.emn.kr/news/index.php?tcode=aw02_04&qsort=wr_good&qord=desc|work=20th KCEA Awards|accessdate=2013-04-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227104147/http://awards.emn.kr/news/index.php?tcode=aw02_04&qsort=wr_good&qord=desc|archivedate=2013-12-27}}
- Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Film - Im Chang-jung
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.traffickers.kr}}
- {{hancinema film|The_Traffickers}}
- {{kmdb film|13175}}
- {{IMDb title|2308860}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Traffickers, The}}
Category:2012 crime thriller films
Category:South Korean crime thriller films
Category:Films about organized crime in South Korea
Category:Films about organ trade
Category:Films set in Shandong
Category:2010s Korean-language films
Category:2012 directorial debut films
Category:South Korean films based on actual events