“Survival is no longer a choice.”
A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.
Kim Hye-soo
Ma Woo-hee
Kim Go-eun
Il-young
Um Tae-goo
Woo-gon
Park Bo-gum
Park Suk-hyun
Go Kyung-pyo
Chi-do
Lee Soo-kyung
Song
Wi Ha-jun
Young Woo-gon
Cho Hyun-chul
Hong-joo
Lee Dae-yeon
Teacher Ahn
Jo Bok-rae
Detective Tak
Coin Locker Girl is a drama, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of chinatown, dysfunctional family, murder, debt collector, child abandonment, loan shark. Directed by Han Jun-hee, it stars Kim Hye-soo, Kim Go-eun, Um Tae-goo. A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife.
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