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Poster for Pawn

Pawn

2020 · 113 min

A gentle, bittersweet story that slowly builds an unlikely family bond, mixing light comedy with tender emotional moments.

Directed by
Kang Dae-gyu
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Sung Dong-il, Park So-i, Kim Hee-won
Tagline
The money or your kid!
Overview
A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.

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Directed by
Kang Dae-gyu
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Sung Dong-il, Park So-i, Kim Hee-won
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • parenthood
  • immigration
  • class
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Written by
JK Youn, Shon Joo-yeon
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
113 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
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