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In the Name of the Son

In the Name of the Son

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 12, 2021

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Thriller, Drama

User Score

47%

Original Title

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Director

Lee Jung-gook

Description

Chae-geun is a driver for hire with manic depression. He often talks to his son who is studying in the States and tells him he would keep his promise. He does a favor by acting as a temporary fiancé of a single woman named Jin-hee, who works as a waitress at a restaurant he frequents. Her father, who was a victim of the Gwangju Uprising in 1980, shows him a gun he stashed away 39 years ago and asks Chae-geun to help him exact revenge on those who were responsible for the May 18 incident.