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
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.