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HUMINT

Korea, 2026, 109 minutes, Colour.

Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min. Park Hae-joon. Shin Sae-Kyeong.

Directed by Ryoo Seung-wan.

Humint is the abbreviation for human intelligence, sources of information from human beings rather than technology.

This is an interesting and quite effective Korean thriller, but the audience having to pay attention all the time to appreciate the characters, motivations, interactions, covering up.

The film opens introducing the agent from South Korea, trying to rescue a trafficked woman, the authorities wanting her to supply human intelligence. She dies. The agent then moves to Vladivostok, investigating contacts for uncovering the trafficking in the border area between China, Russia, the Koreas.

The next introduction to is to the agent from North Korea, searching for a young woman from his past, finding her at a restaurant, in contact with the South Korean agent, supplying information. At the same time, there is a seedy North Korean Consul in the city, corrupt, involved in the trafficking, thinking that the North Korean agent was there to do a report on him.

There are sequences of trafficking on the border. There are interrogations of these involved. Ultimately, there are violent confrontations, the traps and talk to the women, their liberation, and shootouts.

An interesting visit to this part of the world through the activity of the agents, the trafficking and the dangers.

1. For the Korean audience, for international audience, the focus on South Korea, North Korea, eastern Russia?
2. The settings, Vladivostok, the Russian border, China, Korea? The landscapes, the city, apartments, hotels and clubs? The musical score?
3. The South Korean agent, his work, trying to save the trapped traffic woman, the interviews, the communication, her talking, the authorities, harsh stances, wanting the information, the dangers, the rescue, her death? The impact on So?
4. Vladivostok, his mission, searching, the human trafficking, the film visualising the young women, rounded up, the guide, looking for freedom, trapped, the tracking? The guide, the later interrogation?
5. Park and beyond, North Korean agent, personality, his mission, searching for the young woman, their past, her leaving, getting the job in the restaurant, the contact with So, self-protection, giving information, the reaction to Park arriving?
6. The North Korean Consul, his place in the city, his contacts and henchman, deals, finance, the trafficking, smug attitude, at the restaurant? His discussions with Park, thinking that Park was there to make a report on him?
7. The role of the young woman, her being taken, captured, held, with the other women?
8. The two agents, suspicions, interactions, the young woman, each understanding the other better, the buildup to the climax, working together, the shootouts, the Consul?
9. The liberation of the women, the young woman and her action, the gun, the two men, shelter, wounds?
10. The future? But a thriller highlighting trafficking in this area of the world, the political tensions with Russia and China, the two Koreas?