haenyeo movies

Smugglers (2023)
6.469 / 10

Crime, Action

Set in the 1970's, a smuggling operation exits within a small peaceful village by the sea. Those that are involved in the smuggling operation are...

Canola (2016)
7.9 / 10

Drama

A girl who went missing after an accident returns 10 years later and reunites with her grandmother.

My Mother the Mermaid (2004)
6.5 / 10

Romance, Fantasy

A young woman who has a problem in getting along with her mother is transported back in time and is delighted to discover that her mother had been a...

Everglow (2021)
6 / 10

Drama

Everglow begins with the cute struggle of Kyung-hoon (Ji Hyun-woo), who visited Jeju to make a documentary about Jin-ok (Ko Doo-sim), a female diver....

Mermaid Unlimited (2016)
6 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Yeong-joo, a former synchronized swimming athlete goes to Jeju Island to put together a synchronized swimming team for a performance. She slowly...

Sound of Breath (1969)
0 / 10

Drama

'Sumbisori' means 'the sound of a haenyeo exhaling on the surface' and tells the warm story of a mother and daughter who have lived as haenyeo all...

Mom, the Star, and the Sea Anemone (1995)
0 / 10

Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)
0 / 10

History, Documentary

Jeju-do is the largest of Korean islands and lies between Korea and Japan. There, for hundreds of years, women dive without breathing apparatus, to...

Bardo (2022)
0 / 10

Horror

During the period of mourning lasting 49 days after her mother’s death, Seon is told that her mother was actually a daughter of a shaman family and...

Legend of the Waterflowers (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

Hyun Soonjik is the oldest living resident in Jeju Island. A natural diver with good skills, she became a high rank Haenyeo at an early age and has...

Lessons from Jeju (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary

Seven months pregnant and apprehensive of the effect motherhood would have on her career as a professional freediver, Kimi Werner took a trip to the...

Daughter of the Sea (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

Battling deep depression, Jaeyoun returns to her roots on the island of Marano, South Korea, to visit her family of female free fivers known as...

Breathing Underwater (2016)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Jeju Province, located off the southern coast of Korea, are the women of the sea, those who hold breath for life. These women still exist and they...