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The Ugly

The Ugly
★ 6.9/10•2025•1h 42m•NR•Mystery•Thriller

The barefaced truth comes out.

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.

Yeon Sang-ho · Director

Yeon Sang-ho · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 42m
LanguageKO
Release DateSep 11, 2025

Actors

Park Jeong-min

Park Jeong-min

Young Yeong-gyu / Im Dong-hwan

Kwon Hae-hyo

Kwon Hae-hyo

Im Yeong-gyu

Han Ji-hyeon

Han Ji-hyeon

Kim Su-jin

Im Sung-jae

Im Sung-jae

Young Ju-sang

Shin Hyun-been

Shin Hyun-been

Jung Young-hee

Kim Jae-rok

Kim Jae-rok

Baek Ju-sang

Cha Mi-kyung

Cha Mi-kyung

Lee Jin-suk

Joo Hae-eun

Joo Hae-eun

Young Jin-suk

Won Mi-won

Won Mi-won

Eldest Aunt

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Younger Aunt

Lee Hyun-kyun

Lee Hyun-kyun

Man in His 40s

Go Seo-hee

Go Seo-hee

Woman in Her 40s

Go Dong-eop

Go Dong-eop

Old Man 1

Hong Seok-bin

Hong Seok-bin

Old Man 2

Kim Hye-jung

Kim Hye-jung

Old Woman

Lee Han-sol

Lee Han-sol

Tailor 1

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