If You Were Me 3

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. This third installment continues the If You Were Me tradition. Directors Jeong Yun Cheol (Marathon), Kim Hyeon Pil (Wonderful Day), Lee Mi Yeon (L'Abri), Noh Dong Seok (Boys of Tomorrow), Hong Gi Seon (The Road Taken), and Kim Gok and Kim Sun (Capitalist Manifesto: Working Men of All Countries) participated in If You Were Me 3, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing, ranging from labor conditions to gay rights to discrimination.

Cast

Jung Jin-young

as Do Young-chul

Kim Tae-woo

as Husband

Yoo Chae-mok

Hwang Sun-hwa

as Sun-hee

Jeon Hye-jin

as Wife

Chaiyan Koolsak

as Muhammad

Hong Seok-yeon

as Factory Manager

Lee Seok-jun

as Korean Worker 1

Lee Seung-woo

as Korean Worker 2

Kim Jun-won

as Jin-soo

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