

My Name Is Loh Kiwan
“I have decided to survive in this land.”
Overview
After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.
Top Cast

Song Joong-ki
Loh Kiwan

Choi Sung-eun
Marie

Waël Sersoub
Cyril

Cho Han-cheul
Youn-sung

Kim Sung-ryung
Ok-hui

Lee Il-hwa
Jeong-ju

Lee Sang-hee
Seon-ju

Seo Hyun-woo
Eun-cheol

Kang Gil-woo
Lawyer

Lim Ho-jun
Young-seok
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About My Name Is Loh Kiwan
My Name Is Loh Kiwan is a romance, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of based on novel or book, refugee, belgium, romance, north korean defector, north korea. Directed by Kim Hee-jin, it stars Song Joong-ki, Choi Sung-eun, Waël Sersoub. After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.
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