In the Name of the Son (2021)

4.7/10 90 min Thriller Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Ahn Sung-ki

Oh Chae-geun

Yun Yoo-sun

Jin-hee

Park Keun-hyong

Park Gi-joon

Lee Se-eun

Se-mi

Kim Hee-chan

Min-woo

Lee Seung-ho

Seong-ho

Choi Dong-goo

Il Jin-deul

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