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Train to Busan
2016
· Movie
· 118 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #515
- IMDb #825
- Google retired #12
- Rotten Tomatoes #307
- Metacritic #853
- Letterboxd #596
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #401
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #546
- Metacritic Critics #1221
- Metacritic Audience #487
- Criticker #1048
- Douban #217
- Kinopoisk #1826
- AlloCiné #383
- Trakt #219
Every rating
57–98
out of 100
A workaholic father reluctantly takes his young daughter on a train ride to Busan to see her mother for her birthday. Their journey is violently interrupted when a zombifying virus breaks out across South Korea, and one infected person boards their train. The passengers must fight for survival as the infection spreads from car to car, hurtling them towards a supposed safe zone in Busan while the country collapses around them.
Details
- Director
- Yeon Sang-ho
- Writer
- Park Joo-suk
- Released
- 20 July 2016
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean, English, Hawaiian
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $8.5M
- Box office
- $87.5M
- Awards
- 10 wins, 23 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 33 →10 wins from 33 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Gong Yoo | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Ma Dong-seok | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Editor | Yang Jin-mo | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Visual Effects | Jung Hwang-su | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2017 | Best Costume Designer | Kwon Yoo-jin and Rim Seung-hee | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui-sung | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best New Director | Yeon Sang-ho | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Ma Dong-seok | Nominee |
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Blue Dragon Film Awards
12 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film | Train to Busan | Winner |
| Technical Award | Kwak Tae-yong and Hwang Hyo-gyoon (special make-up) | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Lee Mok-won | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Hyeong-deok | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Yang Jin-mo | Nominee |
| Best Film | Train to Busan | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Park Jeong-woo | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Yeon Sang-ho | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Park Joo-seok | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ma Dong-seok | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui-sung | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jung Yu-mi | Nominee |
Buil Film Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui-sung | Winner |
| Yu Hyun-mok Film Arts Award | Yeon Sang-ho | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Lee Mok-won | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Hyeong-deok | Nominee |
| Best Film | Train to Busan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jung Yu-mi | Nominee |
Baeksang Arts Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best New Director | Yeon Sang-ho | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui-sung | Winner |
| Best Film | Train to Busan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ma Dong-seok | Nominee |
Chunsa Film Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Special Audience Award for Best Film | Train to Busan | Winner |
| Technical Award | Kwak Tae-yong | Winner |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign-Language Film | Train to Busan | Winner |
| Best Actor | Gong Yoo | Nominee |
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Technical Award | Train to Busan | Winner |
Asian Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Gong Yoo | Nominee |
| Best Costume Designer | Kwon Yoo-jin and Rim Seung-hee | Nominee |
| Best Editor | Yang Jin-mo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ma Dong-seok | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Jung Hwang-su | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Horror Film | Train to Busan | Nominee |