THE UGLY

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE, 2025, 102 minutes, U15+, Korean w / English Subtitles

Yeong-gyu (KWON Hae-hyo) has been blind since birth, but he has risen to become a master artisan who hand-engraves the most beautiful stamps in the world. One day, he and his son Dong-hwan (PARK Jeong-min) receive an unexpected call from the police. The skeletal remains of Young-hee, Yeong-gyu's wife and Dong-hwan's mother, who went missing 40 years ago, have been discovered. The police suggest the possibility that she may have been murdered. Shocked and curious about the mother he never knew, Dong-hwan begins tracing the truth behind her death with Su-jin (HAN Ji-hyeon), a documentary producer who had been filming his father's life story. As they follow the clues, they encounter people who once worked with his mother at a garment factory four decades ago, people whose long-buried memories begin to reveal a hidden truth…

Director

YEON Sang-ho

Cast

PARK Jeong-min, KWON Hae-hyo, SHIN Hyun-been, IM Seong-jae, HAN Ji-hyeon

Genre

Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Distributor

PLUS M Entertainment