From Spring to Summer (1988)
This is a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics co-production. This film is set during World War II, and is about a female Russian soldier named Masha. She is on a mission to discover a secret Japanese base in Korea. Everybody who accompanies her on the mission shortly dies, and she’s forced to stay with a local fisherman. She is trying to get the information about the base location back to the Russian army, because if she doesn’t, the Japanese will unleash the “Sakura Plan”, which is an all-out biological warfare assualt on the world.
Directors: Nikita Orlov, San Bok Pak.
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Elena Drobysheva as Masha Tsukanova |
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Kim Chkhol as Ri Chokhol |
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as captain Kondakov - intelligence officer |
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Aleksei Buldakov as sergeant Aleksey Tishchenko - intelligence officer |
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So Gyon Sob as Koi |
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Kim Yon-gin as Sakamoto |
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Kim Yun-Hon as Arai |
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Tõnu Mikiver as English doctor - prisoner of war |
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Hwang Min as |
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Lee Gwang-ho as |
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Yoo Won-chun as |
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Kim Sang-hoon as |
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Lee Jong-gon as |
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Yoon Man-song as |
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Kim Gwang-nam as |
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Yuri Martynov as капитан 1-го ранга |
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Vasily Shlykov as |
| Writing | Igor Bolshev | Writer |
| Sound | Yevgeniy Ptichkin | Music |
| Art | Leonid Svintsitskiy | Production Design |
| Writing | Viktor Smernin | Writer |
| Art | Do Il Chwe | Production Design |
| Writing | Li Jin | Writer |
| Directing | Nikita Orlov | Director |
| Directing | San Bok Pak | Director |
| Camera | Boris Kocherov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Chkhol Sam Kwak | Director of Photography |