Peppermint Candy

Peppermint Candy

2000 · 131 min · KO · 7.6 (214 votes)
Dir. Lee Chang-dong · Starring Sul Kyung-gu, Moon So-ri, Kim Yeo-jin, Suh Jung, Go Seo-hee, Kim In-kwon · Music Lee Jae-jin
Drama

7 episodes in the life of a middle-aged South Korean man who commits suicide in the spring of 1999.

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A deeply melancholic and haunting journey through a man's life, marked by personal regrets and the echoes of South Korea's turbulent past. It's a poignant, slow-burn reflection on memory and loss.

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