Two brothers—Cheol-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.

Kim Jin-kyu
as Cheol-ho

Choi Mu-ryong
as Yeong-ho

Seo Ae-ja
as Myung-sook

Kim Hye-jeong
as Miri

No Jae-shin
as Mother

Moon Jeong-suk
as Wife

Yoon Il-bong
as Gyeong-sik

Mun Hye-ran
as Seol-hee

Yu Gye-seon
as Madame

Nam Chun-yeok
as Old Man
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I’m struck by how Yoo Hyun-mok fuses Italian Neorealism with a distinctly Korean sense of moral paralysis, creating a portrait of post-war despair that still feels uncomfortably present. The film’s cramped interiors, handheld street scenes, and jarring cuts trap the viewer inside the same psychologi...