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Way Back Home

2013 · 131 min

A slow, heavy plunge into helplessness and separation, watching an ordinary woman endure a foreign prison while her family unravels far away.

Directed by
Pang Eun-jin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jeon Do-yeon, Go Soo, Kang Ji-woo
Tagline
Isolated in an unknown word lost innocence, lost communication.
Overview
Jeong-yoon and Jong-bae own a car body repair shop together that gets in financial trouble. To help cover the losses and take care of her family, Jeong-yoon decides to smuggle thirty kilograms of cocaine.

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Directed by
Pang Eun-jin
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jeon Do-yeon, Go Soo, Kang Ji-woo
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
  • justice
  • grief
Places
  • prison
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

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Written by
Yoon Jin-ho
Starring
Jeon Do-yeon, Go Soo, Kang Ji-woo, Choi Min-chul, Lee Dong-hwi, Park Ji-hwan, Seo Jin-won, Choi Gwi-hwa
Music
Jun-seong Kim
Cinematography
Lee Mo-gae
Runtime
131 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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