“The Boys in the Band”
With a cast of exceptional and exclusively openly gay actors, "Boys In The Band" takes on themes of homophobia, racism, vanity, and substance abuse.
The Ugly (2025)
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.
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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Mystery, Thriller
Written By:Yeon Sang-ho
In Theaters:9/26/2025
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Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Wow Point
Cast
Yeon Sang-ho
Director
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
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