The Ugly (2025)

Original title

얼굴

Directed by

Yeon Sang-ho

Genre

mystery film, thriller film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blind artisan with extraordinary skills is the subject of a documentary. His son teams up with the journalist to uncover the truth about the mother he never knew. They dig into the past and unravel dark family secrets.

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What happens

The Ugly (Korean: 얼굴) is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Based on director Yeon's 2018 graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Park Jeong-min in dual roles as Im Young-gyu, a blind, extraordinarily skilled artisan, and his son, Im Dong-hwan. When a journalist portrayed by Shin Hyun-been makes a documentary on Young-gyu, she and Dong-hwan investigate Dong-hwan's long-dead mother, of whom he never knew anything. The cast also includes Kwon Hae-hyo as present-day Young-gyu, alongside Im Seong-jae and Han Ji-hyun. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2025. It was released in South Korea on September 11, 2025, by Plus M Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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