Movie Title: Tsunami at Haeundae [Korea]

Release Year: 2009

Casts: Sol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon and Uhm Jung-hwa.

Located on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, Haeundae-gu of the city Busan draws one million visitors to its beaches every year. Several years ago, Man-sik, a Haeundae local, lost Yeon-hee’s father due to his mistake in the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake while deep-sea fishing together at the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile, ggeologist Kim Hwi notices that the Sea of Japan (East Sea) is displaying similar activity to the Indian Ocean of the time of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The Disaster Prevention Agency assures him that Korea is at no risk, but a megatsunami soon forms near Japan and starts to travel at 500 miles per hour towards Haeundae. Hwi notices that the citizens of Haeundae has only 10 minutes left to escape. There is a short earthquake in Haeundae. People run for their lives, but the tsunami soon reaches Haeundae. The streets are shown quickly flooded while the people are trying to escape, and some buildings collapse. Some people and cars on a the Gwangan Bridge are swept away by the tsunami. A powerful electric shock from a telephone pole happens in the now-flooded street where Man-sik and Yeon-hee is in, but the two survive.[©imdb]

This movie tells the story of Haeundae’s locals and tourists before and after the disaster. There are different perspective in this movie, Man-Sik and Yeon-hee, geologist Kim Hwi and Yoo-jin, Dong-choon, Hee-mi and Heong-sik.

Moral of the story:

Always trust the expert when it comes to the nature.