A new South Korean film retells the real-life story of how left-wing militants hijacked a Japanese passenger jet in 1970 and ended up in Seoul, despite attempting to land in North Korea, turning this stranger-than-fiction tale into a black comedy about bureaucratic absurdity under ROK authoritarian rule. The Netflix release “Good News” follows Seo Go-myung [ ]
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Film review: ‘Good News’ wrings black comedy from a bizarre flight to Pyongyang
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