A 90s Korean fever dream where commercial directors, mobsters, and stroke victims collide over real estate.
TV commercial director Kim In's dream is to become a film director. Writer Baek Jang-mi's dream is to build a surprise culture center for young people. The two join forces to make a movie of her best selling book 'The Children of Surprise Neighborhood' and Young-wook and Jeol-gu come to support them. Meanwhile, Young-wook's father, who suffers a stroke after becoming an instant millionaire after real estate speculation, gives the land to Young-wook for the surprise youth culture center. An underworld mobster kidnaps Young-wook's father to get the land but Kim In and Jeol-gu rescue him bringing them one step closer to their dream.
Acting
Lee Kyung-young commits to every unhinged beat.
Direction
Lee Kyu-hyeong juggles genres like flaming batons.
Production
Peak 90s Korean aesthetic, unfiltered.
Director
Lee Kyu-hyeong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1990s Korean cinema loved cramming romance, crime, and social commentary into single films—this is the uncut version of that impulse.
Cho Min-soo would later star in international festival hits, making this early commercial work a fascinating time capsule.
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