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The Ugly

The Ugly (2025)

NR 1h 42m 5.7/10 IMDb
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

Cast: Park Jeong-min, Kwon Hae-hyo, Shin Hyun-been, Han Ji-hyeon, Im Sung-jae

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Grief / bereavement (major focus)

Other

Kidnapping / abduction (referenced)

Violence & Physical Harm

Domestic violence / intimate partner abuse (referenced)
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