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Film on inter-Korean naval clash tops 1 mln audience mark

By 안성미

Published : June 28, 2015 - 21:43

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A film depicting a bloody inter-Korean naval clash 13 years ago surpassed 1 million viewers on Sunday, its distributor said.
  
The "Northern Limit Line," released in local theaters on Wednesday, was seen by more than 1 million viewers as of 7 a.m., according to NEW.
  
The movie depicts the naval skirmish off South Korea's border island of Yeonpyeong on June 29, 2002, which left six South Korean sailors killed and 18 others injured.
  
Another Korean film, "The Classified File," surpassed 2 million viewers on Saturday, according to the Korean Film Council.
  
The movie, based on a true abduction case in 1978, was the first Korean film this year to attract 1 million viewers in the shortest period of time of four days. (Yonhap)