South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.

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6.4/10

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6.9/10

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7.0/10

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7.3/10

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7.5/10

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8.1/10

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7.1/10

Uprising
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7.0/10

Hill of Freedom
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6.6/10

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6.5/10

Failan
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7.2/10

The Treacherous
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6.1/10

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6.2/10

Peppermint Candy
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7.5/10

The Safety of Objects
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6.4/10

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6.1/10

Everyone Is There
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8.1/10

Iron Jawed Angels
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6.8/10

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7.1/10

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6.7/10
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2023
6.696/10