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Mother

7.7/10
TMDB1,782 votes
2009Original: Korean129 min

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Cast: Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon, Jeon Mi-seon

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Mother

She'll stop at nothing.

Mother (2009) is a film in the crime, drama, mystery genres. Directed by Bong Joon Ho. The cast includes Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon.

Released
2009-05-28
Original language
Korean
Runtime
129 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
South Korea
Production companies
Barunson E&A, CJ Entertainment
Directors
Bong Joon Ho
Writers
Bong Joon Ho, Park Eun-kyo

Mother cast & characters

Audience reviews

7.7/10 from 1,782 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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This is a corking film from Bong Joon Ho with an equally super performance from Hye-ja Kim as the "Mother". Her son "Soon Do-joon" (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a young girl. The police seem convinced of his guilt and her lawyer suggests he be detained in an hospital - rather than a prison - so she sets out, determinedly, to establish his innocence. As she takes to her task, she soon becomes obsessed, her own…

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This is a corking film from Bong Joon Ho with an equally super performance from Hye-ja Kim as the "Mother". Her son "Soon Do-joon" (Won Bin) is accused of murdering a young girl. The police seem convinced of his guilt and her lawyer suggests he be detained in an hospital - rather than a prison - so she sets out, determinedly, to establish his innocence. As she takes to her task, she soon becomes obsessed, her own mental stability begins to wobble and we are drawn into a dark, almost sombre, crime thriller. It has plenty of twists and turns, and by the end (which comes pretty much from the left field) I almost felt exhausted. This is as engrossing a film as I've seen in many years, with an excellent (almost Andalusian in style) accompanying score - well worth watching. (Maybe less so if you are not so keen on acupuncture needles!)

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What is Mother about?

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

Who stars in Mother?

Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yoon Je-moon, Jeon Mi-seon, Song Sae-byuk. See the cast cards above for character names.

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