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  • Status: Released
  • 08-06-2022
  • Runtime: 129 min
  • Score: 7.18
  • Vote count: 487

Sang-hyun is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.

Song Kang-ho

Sang-hyun

Gang Dong-won

Dong-soo

Bae Doona

Su-jin

IU

So-young

Lee Joo-young

Detective Lee

Lim Seung-soo

Hae-jin

Park Ji-yong

Woo-sung

Song Sae-byuk

Orphanage Director

Kim Sun-young

Orphanage Director's wife

Lee Mu-saeng

Seon-ho

Lee Dong-hwi

Mr. Song

Kim Sae-byuk

Song's Wife

Bek Hyun-jin

Detective Choi

Oh Hee-jun

Choi's Subordinate

Ryu Kyung-soo

Tae-ho

Jong Ho

Young-gil

Sung Yu-been

Young-min

Park Kang-seop

Si-woo

Kim Keum-soon

Ms. Park

Kang Gil-woo

Mr. Im

Kim Yae-eun

Im's Wife

Park Hae-joon

Mr. Yoon

Jung Ji-woo

Yoon's Wife

Ryu Ji-an

Yun-ah

Yun Seul

Babybox Staff 1

Jang Hye-min

Babybox Staff 2

Jeong Jong-yeol

Babybox Pastor

Jung Ah-young

Jung-ae

Lee Ye-seo

Ye-seo

Choi Hee-jin

Mi-sook

Lee Do-goon

Police Officer

Kim Do-yeon

Seon-ah

Choi Hyo-sang

Doctor

Kang Min-ji

Nurse 1

Lee Ga-kyung

Nurse 2

Yang Gwon-seok

Taxi Driver

Lee Doo-seok

Gyu-seok

Yoon Sang-hak

Granny in front of the Laundromat

Lee Do-gyoo

4-Year-Old Woo-sung

Lee Yoo-joo

Little Girl at So-young's House 1

Kang Gyoo-rin

Little Girl at So-young's House 2

Kim Joo-eun

Little Girl at So-young's House 3

Lim Ga-Young

19-Years-Old Girl at So-young's House

Woo Sung-min

Orphanage Kid 1

Choi Yoon-woo

Orphanage Kid 2

Jung Hyuk

Teenager 1

Lee Dong-hyeon

Teenager 2

Kim Yoon-ho

Teenager 3

Kim Do-yeop

Teenager 4

Song Ji-ho

Teenager 5

Kim Soo-ji

Teenager 6

Park Jong-hyeon

Detective 1

Jeon Sun-ho

Ji-yeong

Park Yeong-joon

Orphanage Staff

Hwang Do-yoon

Babybox Baby 1

Kim Da-na

Babybox Baby 2

Kim Soo-hyeon

Babybox Baby 3

Bae Ga-jin

Babybox Nanny 1

Kim Jin-ah

Babybox Nanny 2

Son Yeong-ok

Sang-hyun's Mother

Jeong Myeong-yeon

Sang-hyun's Wife

Sin Chae-rin

Young Yun-ah

Park Geon-woo

Young Dong-soo

Choi Gi-sang

First Director of the Orphanage

Park Byeong-gwan

Second Director of the Orphanage

Na Gyeong-cheol

News Anchor (voice)

Lee Ga-eun

Subway Announcement (voice)

badelf

It's a good movie. I found it difficult to pull in all the nuances of the story line. There were several different lines of conflict going on and it all was not made clear. I can't tell if the fault is the screenplay or direction.

CinemaSerf

This actually starts off with rather a sad indictment of modern society. The church in Busan has a "deposit your unwanted children" box. It's all heated with a jingling toy inside, but it seemed slightly surreal to think that a mother would turn up and leave her child for the church to care for. It's exactly that, however, that "Moon So-young" (Ji-eun Lee) does and it shortly afterwards, part-time employee "Dong-soo" (Gang Dong-won) deletes the video evidence and takes the child to his laundry-owning friend "Ha Sang-hyun" (Some Kang-ho). Now on the face of it, we think they are going to look after the child, but pretty soon we realise that they have far more commercial plans for this offspring. These plans looks kyboshed, though, when the mother returns to collect her child after a night of soul-searching, and the church can find no trace of the bairn. The two "brokers" conclude that it is better to tell her what happened - and hope that she believes they were acting in the best interests of the child... Meantime, two police officers are shadowing the mother and the pair with a view to an arrest for child trafficking. Add to the mix the un-related (or is it?) murder of a man in a nearby hotel and we have the ingredients for a quickly paced and amusing crime drama that is well written and characterised by the adults - and by the mischievous and very observant young orphanage escapee "Hae-jin" (Seung-soo Im). As they travel the length and breadth of the country looking for clients, they try to stay one step ahead of the increasingly involved detectives whose plans to apprehend them they successfully - if almost entirely unwittingly - manage to thwart until, well you can guess the ultimate conclusion. This is an entertaining story that knits threads of friendship, loyalty, hope and despair, comedically, but potently. Each character has their own story and also an abiding decency that though venally motivated at times, still demonstrates a degree of integrity. These guys are not just going to sell the kid to a sweat shop! It offers some food for thought, this film, without pontificating or moralising and there is loads of on screen chemistry from the characters who work well together on this most curious of road movies. Well worth a watch.