Terminally ill patients are magically cured by a neurosurgeon who transfers their tumors to his own brain.
Acting
Cha In-pyo commits to the most absurd premise with devastating sincerity.
Writing
Tumor-brain-transfer logic somehow makes emotional sense?!
Director
Kwak Kyung-taek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kwak Kyung-taek made this before his breakthrough with 'Friend' (2001), showing the melodramatic extremes of late-90s Korean cinema that would evolve into the Korean Wave.
The tumor-transfer premise hilariously literalizes the 'wounded healer' archetype common in Korean dramas, where male leads must suffer physically to prove emotional depth.
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