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Because I Hate Korea

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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 11/08/2023
2/5
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. Go to Full Review Lee Marshall Screen International 10/12/2023
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jul 3 BEST MOVIE EVER!!! MUST WATCH!!! OR ELSE!... See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jang Kun-jae

Director

Ko A-sung

Joo Gye-na

Kim Wookyum

Song Ji-myung

Ju Jonghyeok

Park Jae-in

Lee Jang-yoo

Gye-na's father

Oh Min-ae

Gye-na's mother
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Movie Info

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