On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the boys' parents is a suspect.
Acting
Ryu Seung-ryong's quietly devastating father consumed by suspicion
Direction
Lee Kyu-man refuses easy catharsis, ending on haunting ambiguity
Writing
Script weaponizes documentary format against truth itself
Director
Lee Kyu-man
Park Yong-woo
Kang Ji-seung
Ryu Seung-ryong
Hwang Woo-hyuk
Sung Ji-ru
Jung-ho's Father
Kim Yeo-jin
Jung-ho's Mother
Sung Dong-il
Park Kyung-sik
Park Byung-eun
Kim Joo-hwan
Kim Koo-taek
Won-kil's Father
Park Mi-hyeon
Won-kil's Mother
Lee Sang-hee
Yong-duk's Father
Seo Ju-hee
Yong-duk's Mother
Jo Deok-jae
Dong-pil's Father
Seo Young-hwa
Dong-pil's Mother
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Professor Cha
Park Seo-yeon
Jin-yeong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Korea's true-crime documentary boom, the film interrogates why audiences consume others' trauma as entertainment.
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