Unfinished (film)

Set in Berlin in 1986, the story revolves around Oh Young-Min, who has become a wanted man due to a run-in with a North Korean spy. The spy convinces him to move to North Korea under the pretext of safety for himself and his family. As the story unfolds, he realizes that this was a bad decision and flees to West Germany where he is separated from his family. To make things worse, he is under surveillance by various countries, all wanting to exploit him for different purposes.{{cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Departure.php|title=Departure|website=Hancinema}}

• Lee Beom-soo as Oh Young-min
• Yeon Woo-jin{{cite web|url=http://biz.heraldcorp.com/view.php?ud=201611030836279611564_1|title=연우진, 영화 '사선에서' 안기부 요원 役 확정‥이범수와 호흡|date=16 October 2018|website=Herald Pop|language=ko}} as Choi Moo-hyuk
• Park Joo-mi{{cite web|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/view/stview.php?no=2016091315505379665&type=1&outlink=1|title=[단독]박주미, '덕혜옹주' 이어 '사선에서'..연이은 스크린 도전|date=16 October 2018|website=Star News|language=ko}}
• Lee Jong-hyuk as Choi Gi-chul
• Park Hyuk-kwon as Kim Cham-sa
• Jin Seon-kyu as Kim Cham-sa's Bodyguard 3, Kkong-chi

The film is based on the memoirs of Oh Kil-nam. Oh, a South Korean economist in Germany, moved to North Korea with his wife Shin Suk-ja and his two daughters. He later returned to Europe but was accused of being a North Korean operative. Following his surrender at the South Korean embassy in Germany in 1992, his wife and daughters were reportedly imprisoned in North Korea's Yodok concentration camp.{{cite news|url=http://h21.hani.co.kr/arti/society/society_general/43365.html|title=박근혜 정권 영화계 길들이기 기획의 전말|newspaper=The Hankyoreh|date=10 April 2017|access-date=17 October 2018|language=ko}}{{cite news|url=http://enter.etoday.co.kr/view/news_view.php?varAtcId=108606|title=[BZ시선]'사선에서', 박근혜의 우파 영화 살리기 결과물?(feat.판도라·재심·택시운전사)|newspaper={{ill|Etoday|ko|이투데이}}|date=31 May 2017|access-date=17 October 2018|language=ko}} The issue became a cause célèbre among South Korean conservatives. {{ill|Choi Hong-jae|ko|최홍재}}, who was an official at the presidential Blue House during the early Park Geun-hye administration, was involved in the campaign to raise public awareness of Shin's imprisonment. Choi eventually convinced SH Film, whose CEO was also an alumnus of Choi's alma mater Korea University, to purchase the film rights to Oh's memoirs.

Principal photography began in {{nowrap|September 2016}} and was completed in {{nowrap|December 2016}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002433305&CMPT_CD=P0010|title=박근혜가 밀어줬으나 아직도 개봉 못한 '우익' 영화|date=16 October 2018|website=Oh My News|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=http://sbsfune.sbs.co.kr/news/news_content.jsp?article_id=E10007979302|title=이범수, 추석 반납…'사선에서' 촬영차 폴란드行|date=16 October 2018|website=SBS funE|language=ko}}

The film was originally set to be released in April 2017, but was pushed to {{nowrap|14 November 2018}} due to the whitelist scandal involving former South Korean President Park Geun-hye. In March 2017, it was revealed that the film's production team was suspected of being one of the pro-government organizations that received illegal funds.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/517914|title=영화 '사선에서', 朴 정부 '화이트 리스트' 특혜? 의혹 제기|date=16 October 2018|website=Sports Seoul|language=ko}}

On {{nowrap|31 May 2017,}} two months after Park Geun-hye's whitelistRevealed during 2016 South Korean political scandal investigation was revealed, the film was accused of being funded by the government. Kim Uh-jun from Kim Uh-jun's Newsroom reported that, of the total production cost of the film of {{nowrap|₩ 4.5 billion,}} about {{nowrap|₩ 4.3 billion}} was financed by the government. He mentioned that the film was intended to promote patriotism, nationalism, and to induce public support for the government.{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/03/251_225165.html|title=Cheong Wa Dae created both 'blacklist and whitelist' to control artists|date=16 October 2018|website=The Korea Times}}

{{reflist|30em}}

• {{hancinema film|Departure}}
• [https://movie.naver.com/movie/bi/mi/basic.nhn?code=179139 Unfinished] at Naver
• [http://eontalk.com/unfinished/Unfinished] at Eontalk

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