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"Let's get outta here!"

Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.

Top Cast

  • Kim Jin-kyu

    Kim Jin-kyu

    Cheol-ho

  • Choi Mu-ryong

    Choi Mu-ryong

    Yeong-ho

  • Seo Ae-ja

    Seo Ae-ja

    Myung-sook

  • Kim Hye-jeong

    Kim Hye-jeong

    Miri

  • No Jae-shin

    No Jae-shin

    Mother

  • Moon Jeong-suk

    Moon Jeong-suk

    Wife

  • Yoon Il-bong

    Yoon Il-bong

  • Yu Gye-seon

    Yu Gye-seon

    Madame

  • Nam Chun-yeok

    Nam Chun-yeok

    Old Man

Overview

Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.

Rating

7.1 / 10
38 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • deepkino
    deepkino
    Nov 29, 2025

    I’m struck by how Yoo Hyun-mok fuses Italian Neorealism with a distinctly Korean sense of moral paralysis, creating a portrait of post-war despair that still feels uncomfortably present. The film’s cramped interiors, handheld street scenes, and jarring cuts trap the viewer inside the same psychological claustrophobia that consumes its characters. Rather than depicting dramatic collapse, Obaltan shows a slow erosion—lives quietly worn down by debt, trauma, and a social order struggling to rebuild on spiritual ruins. Its bleakness isn’t decorative; it functions as a diagnosis, an autopsy of a society trying to move forward while still bleeding internally. What fascinates me is how the aesthetic mix of documentary immediacy and expressionist anxiety makes even brief moments of hope feel intrusive, almost inappropriate.

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