''The Himalayas'' () is a 2015 South Korean

adventure An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Lee Seok-hoon Lee Seok-hoon (born January 6, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee began his directorial debut with the high school comedy '' See You After School'' (2006), followed by romantic comedy '' Two Faces of My Girlfriend'' ...

. The film is based on

Um Hong-gil Um Hong-gil (; born September 14, 1960) is a South Korean mountaineer. Climbing career He has led many South Korean summer expeditions to Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, where he has climbed South America's highest mountain several times. In 20 ...

's real life, primarily focusing on his mentorship of two other climbers who later died during an ascent.

Plot

During a climb up

Kangchenjunga Kangchenjunga, also spelled Kanchenjunga, Kanchanjanghā (), and Khangchendzonga, is the third highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at in a section of the Himalayas, the ''Kangchenjunga Himal'', which is bounded in the west by the T ...

, a mountaineer named Um Hong-gil (

Hwang Jung-min Hwang Jung-min (born September 1, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is one of the highest-grossing actors in South Korea, and has starred in several box office hits such as ''Ode to My Father'' (2014), ''Veteran'' (2015), ''The Himalayas'' (2015 ...

) saves the life of Park Moo-taek (

Jung Woo Jung Woo (born Kim Jung-guk on January 14, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the drama ''Reply 1994'' (2013) and ''You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin'' (2013). Career Jung Woo made his acting debut in 2006, and began ...

) and his friend Park Jeong-Bok (

Kim In-kwon Kim In-kwon (born January 20, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Known for playing memorable supporting characters, he starred in his first leading role in the sleeper hit ''He's on Duty'' (2010), followed by ''Almost Che'' (2012), '' Born to Sing'' ( ...

), in the aftermath he warned them never to climb mountains again. A few days later he and his crew got a project and he needs new members. One of his crew members introduced him to two young members who happen to be the ones he asked not to climb mountains. He refused to accept them but they would not give up, he had no choice but to say yes to their request to join in the crew's next adventure. After climbing the first mountain Hong-gil and Moo-taek became close friends, climbing a few other mountains together until Hong-gil could no longer climb again because of his legs, stopping at step 14. Moo-taek was then made the head of a new team, which he trained using Hong-gil's techniques. On their mission Moo-taek died with one other climber, with his friend who went on a search for them having died crying beside him. A few days before their anniversary, Hong-gil was asked during a lecture who in his opinion was the best mountain climber, to which he replied that it was Moo-taek's friend who could not let his friend die alone. Hong-gil then made a decision to search for the body of Moo-taek. Gathering his old crew, he set out to find his body, he found it but the body was heavier than he thought, so he and his crew put some stones on him and removed the chain on his neck containing a message for his wife. Hong-gil after this event climbed the level 16th mountain with his bad legs believing Moo-taek was his legs and the people who died with him were his lungs and heart. Mountaineer Um Hong-gil and his expedition team go to the Himalayas to find the body of Park Moo-taek.

Cast

as Park Moo-taek *

Jo Sung-ha Jo Sung-ha (; born August 8, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in '' The Yellow Sea'' (2010), '' Helpless'' (2012), and ''Korean Peninsula'' (2012) and ''The K2 ''The K2'' () is a 2016 South Korean tele ...

as Lee Dong-gyu *

as Park Jeong-bok *

Ra Mi-ran Ra Mi-ran (born March 6, 1975) is a South Korean actress and television personality. Career Before making her film debut in ''Lady Vengeance'' (2005), Ra Mi-ran spent years acting in theatre. Afterwards, she appeared in more than 40 films but di ...

as Jo Myeong-ae *

Kim Won-hae Kim Won-hae (born April 6, 1969) is a South Korean actor. He is best known as a former cast member of ''SNL Korea'' (season 1–4). Personal life In August 2020, it was reported that Kim tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus dis ...

as Kim Moo-yeong * Lee Hae-yeong as Jang Cheol-goo *

Jeon Bae-soo Jeon Bae-soo (Korean: 전배수, born 2 June 1970) is a South Korean theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his supporting roles in various TV series and films. His better known works are: 2016 TV series ''The K2'', 2019 romantic c ...

as Jeon Bae-soo

Reception

The film grossed on the third weekend and on the fourth weekend. Justin Lowe of ''

The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...

'' called the film "a tepidly paced adventure tale."

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Himalayas, The 2010s adventure drama films Mountaineering films Films about Mount Everest South Korean adventure drama films Drama films based on actual events Films set in Nepal Films shot in Nepal 2010s Korean-language films CJ Entertainment films Films directed by Lee Seok-hoon 2015 drama films 2015 films 2010s South Korean films