South Korean director Kim Yong-hwa turns from the afterlife fantasy of his Along with the Gods films to orbital disaster with The Moon, a 2023 adventure drama built around a single astronaut stranded far from home.
What is The Moon about?
An accident during a lunar mission leaves one crew member alone in space, his air and options running out. Back on Earth, a former director at the space agency is pulled out of quiet retirement because he is the one person who understands the mission well enough to bring the stranded man home. The film splits its attention between the isolation of the astronaut, floating inside a damaged craft with dwindling resources, and the pressure-cooker atmosphere of a ground team racing against orbital mechanics and public scrutiny. Sol Kyung-gu anchors the rescue effort as the agency veteran, while Doh Kyung-soo carries the astronaut's side of the story largely alone, communicating fear and resolve through a visor and a crackling radio line. Kim Hee-ae rounds out the ensemble as another figure inside the rescue operation. The genre mix of adventure, drama, and science fiction lets the film move between intimate character beats and large-scale effects sequences depicting the mechanics of an actual rescue attempt.
About the cast
Sol Kyung-gu, known for a long run of Korean dramas and thrillers, plays the agency figure tasked with organizing the rescue, opposite Doh Kyung-soo, the Exo member and actor whose recent film work has leaned toward heavier dramatic roles. Kim Hee-ae, Park Byung-eun, Jo Han-chul, Choi Byung-mo, Hong Seung-hee, and Lee Sung-min fill out the ensemble across the mission-control and support storylines.
Context & significance
The Moon arrived in 2023 as one of the more ambitious South Korean space productions to date, leaning on visual effects to stage the mechanics of a lunar rescue rather than treating space travel as background scenery. Director Kim Yong-hwa is best known internationally for large-scale VFX-driven storytelling, and this project applies that same instinct to a grounded survival premise instead of a fantasy afterlife.
Watching The Moon on Ktime
The Moon streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles both available, so viewers can choose whichever fits their household. Watching requires a free K-Time account login; the film's page itself is open to browse without signing in. K-Time's Farsi-first interface is built for the Iranian diaspora audience, from menus to subtitle formatting.