Serve the People is a 2022 South Korean romantic drama film written and directed by Jang Cheol-soo and starring Yeon Woo-jin Ji An Jo Sung-ha and Kim Ji-chul. Based on the eponymous novel by Yan Lianke it depicts a romance between Mu Gwang a model soldier and Su-ryun the young wife of the division commander and the inner conflicts of Mu Gwang. The film set in a fictional socialist country much similar to North Korea in the 1970s was released theatrically on February 23 2022 in South Korea.