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The Ugly

The Ugly

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The Ugly

"The barefaced truth comes out."

2025

1h 42m

7.1(33 votes)

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

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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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Park Jeong-min

Park Jeong-min

Im Dong-hwan / Young Im Yeong-gyu

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 Baek 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 Lee Jin-suk

Won Mi-won

Won Mi-won

Aunt

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Aunt

Creative team

Directed by: Yeon Sang-ho
Written by: Yeon Sang-ho
Produced by: Jo Eun-hye
Ahn So-hee

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