Life-or-death survival begins.
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
Cast
Gong Yoo
Seok-woo
Kim Su-an
Soo-ahn
Jung Yu-mi
Sung-gyeong
Ma Dong-seok
Sang-hwa
Choi Woo-shik
Yeong-gook
An So-hee
Jin-hee
Kim Eui-sung
Yong-suk
Ye Su-jeong
In-gil
Park Myung-shin
Jong-gil
Choi Gwi-hwa
Homeless Man
Jeong Seok-yong
Captain of KTX
Kim Chang-hwan
Kim Jin-mo
Jang Hyuk-jin
Ki-chul
Shim Eun-kyung
Stowaway
Lee Joo-sil
Seok-woo's Mother
Kim Jae-rok
Mr. Kim
Baek Seung-hwan
Survivor (uncredited)
Yeon Sang-ho
Control Room (uncredited)
Choi Woo-sung
Infected (uncredited)
Cha Chung-hwa
Mountaineering Woman
Kim Won-jin
Embarrassing Youth
Han Ji-eun
Earphones Girl
Han Sung-soo
Train Attendant
Lee Jung-ok
Suit
Kim Ju-hun
Baseball Team Manager
Kim Keum-soon
Survivor
Chyu Kwang-hyun
Infected
Jung Young-ki
Captain Min (voice)
Ok Joo-ri
Survivor
Kim Woon
Infected (uncredited)
Jeon Ye-eun
Infected (uncredited)
Do-im Woo
Cabin Attendant Min-ji
Song Ji-hyuk
Baseball Team
News
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‘Train to Busan’ Director’s ‘Colony’ Acquired by Well Go USA [Trailer]
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- Release Date 07/20/2016
- Language Korean
- Director Yeon Sang-ho
- Writer Park Joo-suk
- Editor Yang Jin-mo
- Cinematographer Lee Hyung-deok
- Producer Kim Yeon-ho
- Companies Next Entertainment World, RedPeter Films, Contents Panda, Union Investment Partners, KTB Network, Korean Film Council
- Budget $8,500,000
- Homepage www.wellgousa.com
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | May 13, 2016 | Premiere (Festival de Cannes) | — |
| South Korea | Jul 20, 2016 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United States | Jul 22, 2016 | Theatrical (Limited) | NR |
| Australia | Jul 29, 2016 | Theatrical | MA15+ |
| SG | Aug 4, 2016 | Theatrical | NC16 |
| TH | Aug 5, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| VN | Aug 12, 2016 | Theatrical | — |
| France | Aug 17, 2016 | Theatrical | 12 |
| HK | Aug 25, 2016 | Theatrical | IIB |
| Germany | Aug 28, 2016 | Theatrical (Fantasy Filmfest) | — |
| United Kingdom | Aug 29, 2016 | Premiere (Horror Channel FrightFest) | 15 |
| TW | Sep 12, 2016 | Theatrical | è¼”15 |
| IE | Oct 28, 2016 | Theatrical | 15 |
| United Kingdom | Oct 28, 2016 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Italy | Nov 6, 2016 | Theatrical | VM14 |
| SE | Nov 13, 2016 | Premiere (Stockholm International Film Festival) | 15 |
| Russia | Nov 24, 2016 | Theatrical | 16+ |
| Brazil | Dec 29, 2016 | Theatrical | 14 |
| Spain | Jan 4, 2017 | Theatrical | 16 |
| DK | Jan 12, 2017 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Germany | Feb 24, 2017 | Physical | 16 |
| SE | Mar 3, 2017 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Netherlands | Mar 30, 2017 | Theatrical | 16 |
| SE | Jul 3, 2017 | Physical (DVD / Blu-ray) | 15 |
| TR | Jul 21, 2017 | Theatrical | 15+ |
| Netherlands | Aug 3, 2017 | Physical (DVD) | 16 |
| Netherlands | Aug 4, 2017 | Physical (Blu ray) | 16 |
| Japan | Aug 17, 2017 | Digital | G |
| PT | Sep 8, 2017 | Premiere (MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival) | — |
| Netherlands | Feb 17, 2018 | TV (NPO 3) | 16 |
| HU | Mar 1, 2018 | Digital | 18 |
| GR | Aug 9, 2018 | Theatrical | — |
| France | Dec 17, 2019 | Digital (Netflix) | 16 |
| UA | Jul 30, 2020 | Theatrical | 16 |
| France | Jun 17, 2021 | Digital (Prime Video) | — |
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