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Because I Hate Korea

2023 1h 47m Drama List
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Kye-na (KO A-sung), an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung (KIM Woo-kyum). Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life's woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone's dissuasion on leaving her home behind. In her journey, she encounters fresh love, new companionships and a glimpse of true happiness.

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James Marsh South China Morning Post The combination of stilted English-language dialogue and performances, thinly drawn character archetypes, in combination with a string of ill-conceived culture-clash vignettes, steadily derail the proceedings. Rated: 2/5 Nov 8, 2023 Full Review Lee Marshall Screen International The film’s strongest card is the nascent but still undeclared feminist perspective of a young woman who wants to make her own mistakes – not the ones that society, her parents, her employers and her peers impose upon her. Oct 12, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Kye-na (KO A-sung), an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung (KIM Woo-kyum). Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life's woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone's dissuasion on leaving her home behind. In her journey, she encounters fresh love, new companionships and a glimpse of true happiness.
Director
Jang Kun-jae
Producer
Youn Hee-young
Screenwriter
Jang Kun-jae
Production Co
Mocushura
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Runtime
1h 47m