August Film Series  

The Gateway Korea Foundation invites you to a special screening of Train to Busan (Dir. Yeon Sang-ho, 2016) as a part of GKF’s quarterly film series, at the 1 CityPlace Auditorium in Creve Coeur. The film screening will be followed by a post-film conversation with special guests!

Brief Film Synopsis

TRAIN TO BUSAN is a harrowing zombie horror-thriller that follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a southern resort city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes... or so everyone hopes.

Full Film Synopsis

Seok-woo is divorced, and his job leaves him unable to devote barely any time to his young daughter, Su-an. For her birthday, Su-an wants nothing more than to take the train from Seoul to her mother’s home 280 miles away in Busan. Convinced, Seok-woo takes off from work to accompany her on what may very well be the last train ride either of them take.

Shortly after they depart from Seoul, reports of riots and mass chaos throughout the country begin to flicker through, before communication becomes entirely cut off. Soon, some sort of virus begins to spread from passenger to passenger, quickly filling the train with blood thirsty zombies that begin to kill those on board.

Now, Seok-woo, Su-an, and a motley crew of surviving passengers must do their best to fend off the zombie horde as the train careens toward Busan, where the end of the line may only be the beginning... if it’s still there at all.

Panelist: Dr. Jennifer Nolan- Associate Teaching Professor UMSL

Jennifer Nolan is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford. She is the new Director of Gender Studies teaching anthropology and history courses, including folklore and the supernatural in popular culture. Jennifer is an avid horror movie fan and an antiquarian collector that enjoys exploring the hauntology of landscapes and material culture.

Dr. Nolan teaches Anthro 2150: Zombies, Vampires, and Monsters: The Supernatural in Popular Culture at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Moderator: Samuel Hawkinson

Samuel Hawkinson graduated with honors from the University of Missouri, Columbia in
May,2022. He earned a BA in Political Science with an Emphasis in Pre-Law, and a minor in Korean Studies, Samuel plans to attend law school in the Fall of 2023. During his time at Mizzou, Sam took Korean Society Through Cinema which examined how Korean films revealed cultural themes and explored political and social issues