Hyeon-jeong's sister is missing and she fears for the worst. Via her sister's cellphone, Hyeon-jeong learns that her sister stayed in a countryside vaillage. She goes to the village to find her sister and stops at the local police station for help. Because of the little evidence she has, the police refuse to offer help.
Acting
Choo Ja-hyun's unraveling desperation in real time
Direction
Kim Sung-hong turns rural hospitality into threat
Writing
The phone as both lifeline and breadcrumb trail
Director
Kim Sung-hong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2009, Missing tapped into real anxieties about rural-urban divides and the vulnerability of women traveling alone in South Korea's less policed regions.
Director Kim Sung-hong largely worked in obscurity; this remains his most internationally recognized film, partly due to Choo Ja-hyun's rising profile after 'Bloody Tie' and 'Portrait of a Beauty.'
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