The Ugly
“The barefaced truth comes out.”
2025•NR•1h 42m•6.9•Released
MysteryThriller
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.
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Writer
Yeon Sang-ho
Languages
Korean
Studio
Wow Point
Cast
Park Jeong-min
Young Yeong-gyu / Im Dong-hwan
Kwon Hae-hyo
Im Yeong-gyu
Han Ji-hyeon
Kim Su-jin
Im Sung-jae
Young Ju-sang
Shin Hyun-been
Jung Young-hee
Kim Jae-rok
Baek Ju-sang
Cha Mi-kyung
Lee Jin-suk
Joo Hae-eun
Young Jin-suk
Won Mi-won
Eldest Aunt
Park Myung-shin
Younger Aunt
Lee Hyun-kyun
Man in His 40s
Go Seo-hee
Woman in Her 40s
Go Dong-eop
Old Man 1
Hong Seok-bin
Old Man 2
Kim Hye-jung
Old Woman
Production
Company
Wow Point
Producer
Jo Eun-hye
Producer
Ahn So-hee
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