Good News

About Good News

When hijackers seize a Japanese flight and demand to fly to Pyongyang, a mysterious mastermind hatches a zany scheme to reroute the plane to Seoul.

Byun Sung-hyun's Good News is a 2025 comedy history film. It runs 136 minutes and was released in September 2025.

The film is filed under airplane, airport, inter-korean relations, and hijacking. The story is adapted from real events.

Sul Kyung-gu stars as Nobody, Hong Kyung as Seo Go-myung, Ryoo Seung-bum as Park Sang-hyeon, and Takayuki Yamada as Shinichi Ishida. The screenplay is by Byun Sung-hyun and Lee Jin-seong. American members can watch it on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Hijack 1971, United 93, and The Delta Force make useful companions to Good News, all filed under 1970s and airplane hijacking. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 103 votes and it carries a R rating.