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Ahreum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?


An execution scheduled to be carried out in 12 years creates a hostile and stifling atmosphere among guards in one jail. This has profound effects on the dehumanization of Jae-kyoung, a young, newly appointed guard who nonetheless happens to find that a cold-blooded colleague of his, Jong-ho, has some humane traits. Written by Pusan International Film Festival winning screenwriter Young Ok Kim.

Cho Jae-hyun
Bae Jong-Ho

Yoon Kye-sang
Oh Jae-kyeong

Park In-hwan
Prison officer Kim

Cha Soo-yeon

Jeon Mi-seon
Yoon-sun

Heo Tae-hee
Chang-ju Lee

Son Hee-soon
Victim's mother

Jo Soo-jung
Se-ra (세라)
The Executioner is a drama film released in 2009. Directed by Jin Ho Choi, it stars Cho Jae-hyun, Yoon Kye-sang, Park In-hwan. An execution scheduled to be carried out in 12 years creates a hostile and stifling atmosphere among guards in one jail. This has profound effects on the dehumanization of Jae-kyoung, a young, newly appointed guard who nonetheless happens to find that a cold-blooded colleague of his, Jong-ho, has some humane traits. Written by Pusan International Film Festival winning screenwriter Young Ok Kim.
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