My Name

Young-oak is a boy with a girl’s name at a boys’ school rich in testosterone. His mother is not concerned. Veteran director Chung Ji-young allows the violence of South Korea’s early years to slam into this complex identity drama with the force of a comet.

Cast

Yeom Hye-ran

as Jeong-soon

Shin Woo-bin

as Young-ok

Choi Jun-woo

as Young Min-su

Park Ji-bin

as Kyung-tae

Yu Jun-sang

as Young-ok

Oh Ji-ho

as Min-su

Kim Gyu-ri

as Hee-ra

Kim Min-jae

Lee So-i

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