Korean reunification becomes horror-comedy film plot

Park Jae-in's mockumentary "2035" aims to make audiences shudder and giggle

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Set 10 years after reunification, "2035" follows a crew of journalists as they travel the country interviewing people. (Photo courtesy of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival)

STEVEN BOROWIEC, Nikkei staff writer

BUCHEON, South Korea -- In "2035," an upcoming mockumentary film, Korean reunification starts with a literal spark.

Just north of the line that separates South and North Korea, a forest fire burns. South Korean officials, acting on false intelligence, conclude that the flames indicate an uprising in the North and cross the border to contain the unrest before it spreads south. Once there, they discover a fire instead of a rebellion.

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