The film Traffickers is a 2012 crime thriller directed by Kim Hong-seon. It stars Im Chang-jung as Young-gyu, an illegal organ dealer who wants to leave his dangerous profession behind but gets drawn into one last job to save his girlfriend's father's life. He works with his partner Sung-woo (Daniel Choi) to smuggle organs from China to South Korea. Their scheme involves luring passengers on their boat with bribes, drugging them, kidnapping them, and surgically removing their organs to sell on the black market.
Things take a twist when a couple, Sang-ho (Oh Dal-su) and Chae-hee (Jo Yoon-hee), join their passenger boat, and Chae-hee goes missing. Young-gyu and Yu-ri (Jo Yoon-hee), Young-gyu's girlfriend who is also on the ship, become entangled in a web of deceit and danger as they try to uncover what happened to Chae-hee and avoid getting caught by the police.
As they delve deeper into the mystery, they discover that they are not the only ones with nefarious intentions on the ship. There are other criminals onboard, including a human trafficker and a drug dealer, who will stop at nothing to protect their illicit activities. The pressure mounts as time runs out, and the true extent of the danger they are in becomes clear.
Traffickers is a gripping and intense thriller that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats. It explores themes of desperation, greed, and moral dilemmas in the face of life and death situations. The twists and turns of the plot keep the audience guessing until the very end, as the characters fight for their survival and their souls.
