"Haeundae" Does the tsunami really exist?

The tsunami in "Haeundae" is not real. Haeundae mainly tells the story of a sudden tsunami that ruthlessly destroyed everyone's happiness in Haeundae, a tourist resort in Busan, South Korea. The tsunami incident did not actually happen, it was needed for the storyline of the movie.

Haeundae Plot Explanation

Haeundae is a Korean disaster film written and directed by Yoon Je-kyun and starring Seol Kyung-gu, Ha Ji-won, Park Joong-hoon, Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Min-ki, and Kang Ye-won. The film mainly tells the story surrounding Haeundae, a tourist resort in Busan, South Korea, where a sudden tsunami ruthlessly destroyed everyone's happiness. The film was released in South Korea on July 23, 2009. It was released for 33 days, and the number of viewers reached 10,075,766, becoming the fifth film in the history of Korean movies to have a box office of more than 10 million people.