Cha Seung Won (The Big Scene, Blood Rain) stars as Seon Ho, a horn player for Pyongyang's state propaganda band who lives an affluent and privileged life in sharp contrast to many of his fellow North Koreans. He is from a good family and has a beautiful fiancee, museum guide Yeon Hwa (Jo Yi Jin from The Aggressives). However, when it is revealed that Seon Ho's grandfather is not the dead, revered Communist hero that everybody thought he was, but is in fact living in exile in Seoul, the family is forced to flee to the South. Seon Ho is unable to take his beloved Yeon Hwa with him, and so begins his struggle to bring her across the border to join him.

The film has been praised for its realistic portrayal of life, not only in North Korea, but also as an immigrant in Seoul. Over The Border plays as both an informative expose into this oft-neglected angle of the North/South divide, as well as a romantic melodrama of two lovers torn apart by powers beyond their control. The film won for Best Supporting Actress (Shim Hye Jin) and Best New Actress (Jo Yi Jin) at the 44th Daejong Film Awards.

This special edition comes with making of, behind-the-scenes footage, production diary, and other features.

The plot follows Seon Ho (Cha Seung Won, Blood Rain), a bumbling but kind French horn player in a North Korean propaganda band, who haltingly falls in love with straight talking museum guide Yeon Hwa (Jo Yi Jin, The Aggressives). Unfortunately, right after he asks her to marry him, his family receives news that their communist hero grandfather is not actually dead, but is alive and well in South Korea. Terrified that the government wil... [Read more]