Maps of Movies

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Where The Man from Nowhere says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Seoul story filmed mostly in Busan: the pawnshop district, the police corridor and more are not where the film says

Scenes and places

Tae-sik's pawnshop and So-mi's neighborhood (2010)

Tae-sik, a quiet man, runs a pawnshop and keeps to himself. His only friend is So-mi, the little girl who lives next door.

Set in Tae-sik's pawnshop, Dongja-dong, Yongsan — The film places the pawnshop at a Dongja-dong address in Yongsan, Seoul; the address does not exist.

A fictional Yongsan address, filmed in a Busan neighbourhood.

The stationery shop (2010)

Tae-sik and So-mi stop at a small stationery shop. It shows how close the loner and the girl next door have become.

Set in Stationery shop where Tae-sik and So-mi stop — A small stationery shop that Tae-sik and So-mi visit in the early part of the film.

A school-front stationery shop in Gunsan.

The opium handover near Dongdaemun (2010)

With So-mi held hostage, Tae-sik has to hand the opium over to the drug lord's side.

Set in Dongdaemun area — The opium is delivered in the Dongdaemun area of Seoul. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A busy Seoul neighbourhood around Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station.

Filmed at Donghae Sekkoshi building, Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station Exit 8 (Dongdaemun, Seoul, South Korea) — The scene was filmed in front of the building near Exit 8; the coordinate is the station centre, so the exact spot may differ by tens of metres. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Tae-sik escapes the police station (2010)

Arrested, Tae-sik breaks out of the police station and shocks the officers with how he fights. The police then start digging into his past.

Set in Police station — Tae-sik, arrested after the trunk discovery, shows the police his fighting skills.

A university corridor in Busan, dressed as a Seoul police station.

Filmed at Dong-eui University Engineering Building, Busan (Dong-eui University, Busan, South Korea) — The 2nd-floor corridor of the Engineering Building is the police-station corridor; the coordinate is the university centre, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The alley of the old woman from the ant nest (2010)

While the brothers hunt for Hyo-jeong's lover, an old woman from the ant nest leads him away down a back street.

Set in Back street where a man is taken away — A man close to So-mi's mother is led away from a back street by an old woman.

A narrow street in Gye-dong, Jongno.

The nightclub where Du-chi works (2010)

Following a lead from the burner phone, Tae-sik tracks Du-chi to a nightclub and starts asking about the brothers. Ramrowan walks in, and the night turns violent.

Set in Nightclub in Gangnam — The club where Tae-sik finds Du-chi after following the burner phone.

A club inside a Yeoksam-dong luxury hotel.

The drug plant (2010)

Tae-sik finds the brothers' drug manufacturing plant and sets out to destroy it. He frees the children forced to work there.

Set in Drug manufacturing plant — A drug plant where children are forced to work; its location in the story is not given.

A furniture-factory area in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Man-seok's Turkish bath building (2010)

Tae-sik goes after Man-seok's gang at their building.

Set in Man-seok's building — The building where Man-seok's gang is based.

A long-abandoned office-and-residence block in Seocho.

Characters

• Cha Tae-sik — A quiet man who runs a pawnshop and is a former covert operative.
• So-mi — A little girl living next door and his only friend.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the police-station escape in The Man from Nowhere filmed?
• Where does Tae-sik hand over the opium in The Man from Nowhere?