A spy's watch cracks—and his double life shatters with it.
Jong-hak is working as a consultant who helps refugees from North Korea. At the same time, he is a spy who sends the names of the refugees to North Korea. Jong-hak’s ordinary life changes as his watch starts cracking.
Acting
Lee Won-jong's face carries crushing weight in silence.
Direction
Kim Hu-jung stretches 28 minutes into eternal dread.
Cinematography
The cracking watch becomes visual metaphor made flesh.
Director
Kim Hu-jung
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
South Korean cinema frequently explores North Korean defector trauma; this short distills years of that discourse into body horror.
The title 'Tail' refers to both surveillance tails and the biological tailbone—what remains when humanity evolves away.
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