
Imperiled in Pregnancy: The pregnant Ji-young at one point is stuck in her car as a tsunami bears down on her.
The explosion kills him but also stops the earthquakes.
Heroic Sacrifice: Already bleeding out from a wound, Joon-pyeong leaves his daughter in In-chang's care and brings the uranium bomb into the mines himself.
Disaster Movie: The film is about volcanic eruptions and their accompanying earthquakes that threaten to destroy the entire Korean peninsula.Climactic Volcano Backdrop: During the climax, In-chang has to deliver a uranium bomb deep into a mine in hopes of stopping the volcanic eruptions and their accompanying earthquakes.Born During a Storm: Variation, Ji-young gives birth during a devastating earthquake, with the shaky camera, her husband's daring escape, and the shots of the devastation accompanying the pain of childbirth.
Some time later later In-chang has his daughter as his own and has also had a healthy son with Ji-young, while the Korean peninsula begins to rebuild.
Bittersweet Ending: The earthquakes have caused significant damage across the peninsula and Joon-pyeong gave his life to stop them. Babies Ever After: One year after the film's events, Ji-young has given birth to her and In-chang's son. No relation to the Ashfall books made by Mike Mullin, besides the fact that their titles are a reference to volcanic ashfalls. Recruiting a North Korean spy with his own agenda, Lee Joon-pyeong ( Lee Byung Hun), In-chang and his team must somehow stop the volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. A special forces captain, Jo In-chang (Ha Jung-woo), leaves behind his pregnant wife Choi Ji-young ( Bae Suzy) in Seoul in order to lead the mission. Paektu (a volcano on the China-North Korea border) causes massive earthquakes and ashfall across the Korean peninsula, government official Jeon Yoo-kyung (Jeon Hye-jin) initiates an operation based on the research of geologist Kang Bong-rae ( Ma Dong-seok). It was directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byung-seo.Īfter the eruption of Mt. Ashfall, also known as Mount Paektu, is a South Korean Disaster Movie released in 2019.