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Seven years, one breakup, two men — she's playing emotional chicken and nobody's blinking.
TMDB
70
Rotten Tomatoes
40
Audience Score
40
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Sakwa (2008)

messy adultingKorean indie angstrelationship roulette

Overview

DramaRomance

A woman breaks up with her boyfriend of seven years. Devastated, she throws herself into another relationship and decides to get married, only to have her exboyfriend return to her...

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Content warning

Standout Aspects

Acting

Moon So-ri's micro-expressions do all the screaming.

Direction

Kang Yi-kwan lets awkward silences breathe like characters.

Best for:Solo: When you're questioning every relationship decision you've ever made.·Date Night: Only if you want deeply uncomfortable post-movie silence.
Heads up:Emotional: Emotional realism hits harder than melodrama; no tidy catharsis.
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Director

Kang Yi-kwan

ReleasedOct 16, 2008
Runtime1h 58m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy

Top Cast

Moon So-ri

Moon So-ri

Hyun-jung

Kim Tae-woo

Kim Tae-woo

Sang-hoon

Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun

Min-suk

Ju Jin-mo

Ju Jin-mo

Hyun-jung's father

Kang Rae-yeon

Kang Rae-yeon

Hye-jung

Kim Hyun-joo

Kim Hyun-joo

Director Jung

Park Mi-hyeon

Park Mi-hyeon

Sun-young

Choi Moo-seong

Choi Moo-seong

Han-soo

Kim Hye-ok

Kim Hye-ok

Sang-hoon's Hometown Relative

Choi Jeong-in

Choi Jeong-in

Hyun-jung's Coworker

Kim Dong-wook

Kim Dong-wook

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Moon So-ri won Best Actress at the 2008 Busan Film Critics Awards for this role, cementing her status as Korea's queen of complicated women.

Cultural

The title 'Sakwa' (사과) means both 'apple' and 'apology' in Korean — a linguistic pun that perfectly captures the film's bitter-sweetness.

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