Korean Movies Opening Today 2023/11/01 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2023/11/01 in Korea: "Toxic Parents", "The Boys", "Promise - 2023" and "Withstanding and Existing"

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"Toxic Parents" (2022)

Directed by Kim Soo-in-II

With Jang Seo-hee, Kang An-na, Choi So-yoon, Yoon Jun-won, Oh Tae-kyung, Yoon Seo-jin-I,...

Synopsis
Yoo-ri, a seemingly model student from a well-to do family suddenly commits suicide at a lakeside campsite with several people she met via a suicide group. Detectives suspect suicide, but her mother Hye-yeong firmly believes that her classmate Ye-na and homeroom teacher Gi-beom were the killers. Ye-na is an idol trainee and Gi-beom is a teacher who looked after Yoo-ri. As the investigation dives into the lives of these people, it spirals out of control due to conflicting statements between the three, but detectives find out that actions of Hye-yeong started causing cracks in Yoo-ri's heart. Deeply believing that she was doing everything possible for her child out of love, can Hye-yeong uncover the real truth behind her daughter's death?

"The Boys" (2020)

Directed by Chung Ji-young

With Sul Kyung-gu, Yu Jun-sang, Jin Kyung, Heo Sung-tae, Yeom Hye-ran, Kim Dong-young,...

Synopsis
A story about an investigating team leader, Hwang Joon-cheol, in charge of investigating boys who are suspected of robbery at the local town's supermarket, 'Woori Super'.

"Promise - 2023" (2023)

Directed by Min Byeong-hoon

With Min Byeong-hoon,...

Synopsis
Nine-year-old Si-woo, who was separated from his mother, makes a promise to his father.

"Let's go to mom's place in a year".

For a year, Si-woo expressed his longing for his mother in poetry and dreamed of a day that felt like forever... The belief that they can meet again, the promise that they will keep.

The love story of a nine-year-old boy begins!

"Withstanding and Existing" (2023)

Directed by Gwon Churl

Synopsis
Cinema Gwangju is the first theater in the Honam-region and the only theater that opened in 1935. The cinema has screened films in its original place up to these days. A musician Gonne Choi invites the seven musicians to share "Gwangju-ness" from her own perspective and they visit the cinema to speak and sing about their own "Withstanding and Existing". This documentary also contains the story of the painter Park Tae-gyu, who continuously has been working on hand-painting movie posters from the 1990s until today.