A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.
Acting
Sung Dong-il's gruff-to-puddle transformation.
Direction
Kang Dae-gyu balances slapstick and devastation.
Production
Dusty 90s Incheon feels lived-in, not set-dressed.
Director
Kang Dae-gyu
Sung Dong-il
Doo-seok
Park Soi
Young Seung-yi
Kim Hie-won
Jong-bae
Ha Ji-won
Seung-yi
Yunjin Kim
Myeong-ja
Kim Jae-hwa
Madam Jeong
Teo Yoo
Deok-hwa
Jeong In-gi
Translator
Na Moon-hee
Seung-yi's Grandmother
Hong Seung-hee
Teenage Seung-yi
Park Si-wan
Young Doo-seok
You Seong-joo
Man-sik
Lee Jae-yong
Welfare Center Director
Park Hyun-suk
Nun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film dramatizes Korea's 1997 IMF crisis aftermath, when loan sharks proliferated and immigrant workers faced mass deportations.
Child actor Park Soi was only 7 and had never acted; Sung Dong-il genuinely babysat her between takes to build real chemistry.
KR
