
Thread of Lies(2014)
A seemingly happy family gets rocked by the suicide of the 14-year-old daughter.


“The first embrace was the hardest.”
Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?

Cha Seung-won
Lee Gang-Sik

Ryu Deok-hwan
Joon-suk

Kim Ji-young
Kang-Sik's mother

Kim Yoon-hye
Mimi

Seo Woo
Yeo-Il

Jang Young-nam
correction officer

Jung Jae-young
Father Goose (voice)

Gong Ho-seok
Inmate (uncredited)

Lee Moon-su
Warden (uncredited)

Lee Cheol-min
prisoner (uncredited)
My Son is a drama film released in 2007. Directed by Jang Jin, it stars Cha Seung-won, Ryu Deok-hwan, Kim Ji-young. Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?
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