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"Mom, live by your name now."
South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.Read moreLess
South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.
The story
South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.
Cast & crew
Yeom Hye-ranChoi Jeong-sun
Shin Woo-binLee Young-ok (young)
Choi Jun-wooKo Min-su (young)
Park Ji-binKyung-tae
Kim Gyu-riHee-ra
Jung In-wooKang So-young (young)
Yu Jun-sangLee Young-ok
Oh Ji-hoKo Min-su
Oh Yoon-ahKang So-young
Jeon Seung-hoonJo Jung-hwan
Heo Dong-wonHwang Cheol-gwang
Kim Dong-youngPlatoon leaderExplore the crew
- Director
- Chung Ji-young
- Director of Photography
- Kim Hyung-koo
- Producer
- Kim Soon-ho
- Producer
- Jeong Sang-min
- Writer
- Kim Sung-hyun
- Writer
- Chung Ji-young
- Editor
- Lee Kang-il
- Original Music Composer
- Shin Min
- Producer
- Yi Jong-ho
- Producer
- Kim Yeong-hwan
- Producer
- Park Sun-hwoo
- Writer
- Kim Hyun-woo