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Movie: The Ugly (English title) / Face (literal title)
Revised romanization: Eolgul
Hangul: 얼굴
Director: Yeon Sang-Ho
Writer: Yeon Sang-Ho
Producer: Jo Eun-Hye
Cinematographer: Pyo Sang-Woo
World Premiere: September 5, 2025 (Toronto IFF)
Release Date: September 11, 2025
Runtime: 103 min.
Distributor: Plus M Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Im Dong-Hwan's (Park Jeong-Min) father, Im Young-Kyu (Kwon Hae-Hyo), is a master craftsman of seals even though he is visually impaired. One day, Im Dong-Hwan receives a phone call from police. He is informed that his mother Jung Young-Hee's remains were discovered. She went missing 40 years ago.

Im Dong-Hwan, who never knew his mother's face, hears that there is a possibility that his mother may have been murdered. Im Dong-Hwan begins to trace Jung Young-Hee's death with PD Kim Su-Jin (Han Ji-Hyun), who was filming documentary about his father Im Young-Kyu. They interview people who worked with Jung Young-Hee at a Cheonggyecheon clothing factory about 40 years ago.

Cast



Park Jeong-Min	Kwon Hae-Hyo	Park Jeong-Min	Shin Hyun-Bin	Im Sung-Jae
Im Dong-Hwan	Im Young-Kyu	Im Young-Kyu (young)	Jung Young-Hee	Baek Ju-Sang (young)

Han Ji-Hyun

Kim Su-Jin

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Jae-Rok - Baek Ju-Sang
Cha Mi-Kyung - Lee Jin-Sook
Joo Hae-Eun - Lee Jin-Sook (young)
Won Mi-Won - Im Dong-Hwan's aunt
Park Myung-Shin - Im Dong-Hwan's aunt
Lee Hyun-Kyun - 40s man
Ko Seo-Hee - 40s woman
Ko Dong-Eop - old man
Hong Suk-Bin - old man
Seo Suk-Kyu - Lee Jin-Sook's son
Ha Si-Yeon - Lee Jin-Sook's daughter-in-law

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Awards

2026 (62nd) BaekSang Arts Awards - May 8, 2026
- Best Actor (Park Jeong-Min)

Comments

Anne Jan 25 2026 11:05 am The mother looked just okay. I thought her face would be disfigured or anything, but she wasn't even ugly to begin with... Great movie. This is the first time I really enjoyed watching park jungmin's movie

This is great!! Jan 19 2026 1:38 am This is a masterpiece and I hope the actors, especially the Main Actor gets an award!!! I thought the title "Ugly" is meant to be the father's blindness state and the mother's ugliness but it was way more than that. The film shows how ugly the world is, how ugly someone can get just because what other people says, it also shows that the father is not just blind physically but also blind for what really matters, he got blinded by thee words of the outsider and forgot what truly is important.

Rasha Jan 16 2026 3:00 pm Just watched this movie and it's good and sad at the same time. To understand that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,so everyone can find beauty and see beauty even if their eyes are not working. But to let people decide what's beautiful for you and convince you that sth/someone is ugly, is complete blindness. The father thought his wife was the bless of his life and the only one who truly cared about him but he killed her only coz he wrongly thought she was ugly and that humiliated him. This film has true deep meanings about our life now and how you can allow people to change your life to the worse .

frommars Dec 01 2025 4:36 am waitt.. how is that so ugly that it changes someone else life completely lmao

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