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Walking Backwards
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Walking Backwards

2020-05-28 · 33 min · Not rated

Drama

32-year-old Siheon, a delivery worker at Eurwangni Beach, is soon to be a college student. One day, as he is congratulated by the aunties at the restaurant, a Japanese man approaches and informs him his mother is dead. 30-year-old Ryota is the son of Siheon’s mother who left young Siheon and have a new family of her own in Japan. The brothers who met for the first time and Siheon’s friend Yejin head to Siheon’s old house in Chinatown where his mother’s trinkets are buried.

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Directors
Bang Sung-jun
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Countries
South Korea
Status
Released

Top Cast

Woo Ji-hyunWoo Ji-hyunSi-heon
Moon Hye-inMoon Hye-inYe-jin
Choi Moon-giRyota
Byun Joong-heeByun Joong-heesupermarket owner

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