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The People Upstairs

2025 · 108 min

A talky, intimate dinner-party chamber piece where polite conversation slowly curdles into uncomfortable, funny honesty.}{.

Overview
Jung-ah and her husband Hyeon-soo suffer sleepless nights from the passionate couple upstairs, Su-kyeong and Mr. Kim. Hoping to ease tensions, Jung-ah invites them to dinner — but polite chatter soon unravels into raw, boundary-breaking honesty, exposing hidden cracks in relationships with biting wit and emotional precision.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • betrayal
    • identity
    • deception
    • family
    Places
    • home
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • single location
    • ensemble
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour6
    Realism8
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Ha Jung-woo
    Written by
    Seon Seung-yeon, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Cha-yeon
    Starring
    Ha Jung-woo, Gong Hyo-jin, Lee Hanee, Kim Dong-wook, Lee Ji-hoon, Oh Dal-su, Cha Tae-hyun, Ji Ye-eun
    Music
    Dalpalan
    Cinematography
    So Jeong-o
    Runtime
    108 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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