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The Journey to Gyeong-ju

2026 · 111 min

A cheerful family road trip curdles into something quietly monstrous, balancing grief and grim humor with a steady, nerve-tightening dread.

Tagline: We kidnapped a killer
Overview: Eight years ago, the youngest daughter, Gyeong-ju, disappeared during a school field trip to Gyeongju and never came home alive. On what would have been her birthday, her mother Ok-sil and her three daughters—Jang-ju, Young-ju, and Dong-ju—put on matching family T-shirts and set off for Gyeongju, the place where Gyeong-ju vanished, in what appears to be a family trip to honor her memory. But beneath the cheerful façade lies a deadly secret. In the trunk of their van is a bound and unconscious man zipped inside a plastic bag.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
revenge
family
morality
guilt
Places: road trip
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, mystery, crime, thriller
Directed by: Kim Mi-jo
Written by: Kim Mi-jo
Starring: Lee Jung-eun, Gong Hyo-jin, Park So-dam, Lee Yeon, Byun Yo-han, Hwang Hyun-jung, Kim Hak-sun, Kim Young-sung
Music: Kim Hae-won
Cinematography: Lee Hyung-bin
Runtime: 111 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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