Seoul Station (Korean: 서울역) is a 2016 South Korean adult animated post-apocalyptic zombie horror film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. It is the second installment in the Train to Busan film series, and a prequel of its eponymous film. The aeni (South Korean animation) depicts the onset of the zombie epidemic, and revolves around the three main characters; Hye-sun, a young woman and prostitute attempting to survive in the world which sees her as disposable, Suk-gyu, her father who is searching for his runaway daughter with help from her boyfriend, Ki-woong.
Released on 18 August 2016, the film stars Shim Eun-kyung, Ryu Seung-ryong and Lee Joon in the lead roles. The film was shown at the 2016 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. The film was awarded the Best Animated Feature Film at the 10th edition of the Asian Pacific Screen Awards in 2016.
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Plot
A homeless man walks around the Seoul Station area with a bloody wound on his neck until he reaches Seoul Station and lays down. A fellow squatter sits next to him, notices the blood and tries to get help, but the injured man is no longer alive when he returns. The squatter goes to the transit police to report the man's death; the officers follow him, but the man is gone. The squatter goes to search for the old man and finds him as a zombie, who attacks him.
Hye-sun, who ran away from her former life in a brothel, now lives with her boyfriend, Ki-woong, who wants to pimp Hye-sun out again due to money problems. When Hye-sun refuses, Ki-woong abandons her at Seoul Station, where she is eventually swarmed by homeless people fleeing the infected. Hye-sun escapes with a few survivors into a police station, where they shelter in a jail cell with a policeman. When the policeman draws his gun on the survivors, Hye-sun drops her phone, leaving them with no communication as a zombie bites the policeman. Meanwhile, Suk-gyu meets Ki-woong through the advertisement prostituting Hye-sun, demanding to know his daughter's location. The two go to Ki-woong and Hye-sun's home, only to find that the landlady has been infected. Suk-gyu and Ki-woong hide in the bathroom as zombies approach them, escaping through the bathroom window and climbing onto the roof. Suk-gyu devises a plan for Ki-woong to draw the zombies' attention while he retrieves a car for them to go find Hye-sun.
