Mystery ·Thriller · South Korea · 2025 · 1h 42m

The Ugly

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Director

Cast

Park Jeong-min as Im Dong-hwan / Young Im Yeong-gyu Kwon Hae-hyo as Im Yeong-gyu Shin Hyun-bin as Jung Young-hee Han Ji-hyeon as Kim Su-jin Im Sung-jae as Young Baek Ju-sang Kim Jae-rok as Baek Ju-sang

Crew

Pyo Sang-woo — Director of Photography Park Ju-ae — Editor Chae Min-ju — Original Music Composer Yeon Sang-ho — Writer Jo Eun-hye — Producer Lee Mok-won — Production Design

Tagline

The barefaced truth comes out.

Synopsis

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

based on graphic novel depressed

Key Collaborators

Yeon Sang-ho Director Pyo Sang-woo Director of Photography Park Ju-ae Editor Chae Min-ju Original Music Composer Yeon Sang-ho Writer Jo Eun-hye Producer Lee Mok-won Production Design Kim Kyeong-mi Costume Design

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