The Spy Gone North

Sat Apr 13 at 1pm at the Michigan. Part of the KOREAN CINEMA NOW Film Series presented by the Nam Center for Korean Studies. Free and open to the public! In 1993, reports emerge that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons. Former South Korean military officer Park Suk-Young (Hwang Jung-Min) is recruited by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to infiltrate the highest ranks in North Korea and learn about their program. He is given the code name "Black Venus." Besides Park Suk-Young, only the South Korean President and NIS foreign affairs director Choi Hak-Sung (Cho Jin-Woong) are aware of Black Venus' existence. During the run up to the 1998 South Korean presidential election, Park Suk-Young discovers secret deals between high-ranking South Korean and North Korean individuals. He becomes conflicted.