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Film · 10 connectionsAfter being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
Directed byJang Joon-hwan
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2010 · 119 min · Action · Crime · Thriller
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2015 · 108 min · Crime · Drama
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2017 · 108 min · Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok's eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger.
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2010 · 117 min · Action · Drama · Thriller
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