Serve the People (film)

Serve the People
Official release poster
Hangul
인민을 위해 복무하라
Hanja
人民을 위해 服務하라
RRInmineul wihae bongmuhara
MRInminŭl wihae pongmuhara
Directed byJang Cheol-soo
Screenplay byJang Cheol-soo
Based onServe the People!
by Yan Lianke
Produced byPark Jin-seong
Starring
Production
companies
  • Leopard Film Company
  • Joy N Cinema
Distributed byJNC Media Group
Release date
  • February 23, 2022 (2022-02-23)
Running time
146 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeest. US$562,357

Serve the People (Korean: 인민을 위해 복무하라) is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama film, written and directed by Jang Cheol-soo and starring Yeon Woo-jin, Ji An (지안), Jo Sung-ha and Kim Ji-chul. Based on the eponymous novel by Chinese writer Yan Lianke, it depicts a romance between Mu Gwang, a model soldier, and Su-ryun, the young wife of the division commander and the inner conflicts of Mu Gwang. The film set in a fictional socialist country much similar to North Korea in the 1970s, was released theatrically on February 23, 2022 in South Korea.