1972, the final days of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Choi Tae-in, the sole survivor of the Hon Bau battle that claimed 200 of his men, is haunted by nightmares and requests to return to his unit — only to be handed a classified search mission instead. For months, distress calls have been coming through on the division's radio, voices crying out from soldiers presumed dead six months ago at a location known as Romeo Point. Nine men enter the jungle as darkness closes in. Behind them, a weathered inscription hidden beneath the leaves is revealed. 不歸 — Those with blood on their hands shall not return.
Combining the extremity of war with a meticulously constructed invisible dread, the film portrays the psychological disintegration of Korean soldiers sent to fight someone else's war through the grammar of military horror. The suffocating quality of fear transmitted through a jungle radio, the damp and oppressive air of the rainforest — all of it comes back to life in the 2025 4K restoration.