Name: Swing Kids
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2018-12-19
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Doh Kyung-soo, Jared Grimes, Park Hye-su, Oh Jung-se, Kim Min-ho

2018·Drama·2h 13m

8.2

★

Rebellious Ki-soo from North Korea is mesmerized by tap dance in prison camps. Ki-soo joins as a team member of a dance team named 'Swing Kids'. Yet suddenly, their dreams about dancing in prison camps are put in danger.

Directed by Kang Hyoung-chul

prisoner of war

korean war (1950-53)

tap dancing

based on play or musical

inter-korean relations

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Cast

Doh Kyung-soo

Roh Ki-soo

Jared Grimes

Jackson

Park Hye-su

Yang Pan-rae

Oh Jung-se

Kang Byung-sam

Kim Min-ho

Xiao Fang

Ross Kettle

Brigadier General Roberts

A.J. Simmons

Jamie

Song Jae-ryong

Sam-sik

Lee Kyu-sung

Man-chul

David Lee

Kwang-kuk

Kim Dong-gun

Roh Ki-jin

Park Jin-joo

Linda

Crew

Kang Hyoung-chul

Director

Kang Hyoung-chul

Writer

Kim Ji-yong

Director of Photography

Kim Woo-taek

Executive Producer

Park Jong-geun

Production Sound Mixer

Kim Young-hoon

Co-Executive Producer

Popular Reviews

142 reviews

rachel

8.0★ · 05/06/26

FUCK IDEOLOGY. JUST LET THEM DO TAP DANCE PLEASE??!!!!

Romeo

6.0★ · 04/10/26

never has a film ever made me so angry, but i still enjoyed most of it

Gaon

10.0★ · 03/26/26

"Communism, capitalism, if nobody knew what they were, no one will kill or be killed." Just labels, same outcome of death.
Swing kids got them stomping and begging for freedom and peace. Whole time the system already decided their endings.

Sara

10.0★ · 03/20/26

I spent 3 hours after the movie still crying

Rico Ric

8.0★ · 12/09/25

actually, maybe it’s my fault for having eyes…