
The Vanished(2018)
A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.


“Live by a name, die by a name”
Lee Man-jae at his brink of life, even sold his name to survive. In the world of ruthless barge where no one can be trusted, he held out a threadlike-life with a calculation ability. One day, he decides to retire for his soon-to-be-born child and takes on the big final commission. The moment he thought that everything was going smoothly, he was framed for embezzlement of $100M due to his unidentified ‘investor’ and faced his own obituary. A political consultant, Mrs. Shim, appears to Man-jae when he is trapped in a hellish private prison and lives as a ‘dead man’, offering a deal with his life as collateral. Man-jae accepts the offer to regain his name, family, and life.

Cho Jin-woong
Lee Man-jae

Kim Hee-ae
Mrs. Shim

Lee Soo-kyung
Gong Hee-ju

Park Ho-san
Cho Pil-ju

Sooyoung Choi
Hipster

Jeon Moo-song
Mr. Jin

Choi Jae-woong
Hwang

Lee Si-hoon
Kkol-tong

Yoo Yeon-soo
Yoon Sung-soo

Kim Won-hae
Gong Moon-sik
Dead Man is a crime, thriller, mystery film released in 2024. Directed by Hah Jun-won, it stars Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hee-ae, Lee Soo-kyung. Lee Man-jae at his brink of life, even sold his name to survive. In the world of ruthless barge where no one can be trusted, he held out a threadlike-life with a calculation ability. One day, he decides to retire for his soon-to-be-born child and takes on the big final commission. The moment he thought that everything was going smoothly, he was framed for embezzlement of $100M due to his unidentified ‘investor’ and faced his own obituary. A political consultant, Mrs. Shim, appears to Man-jae when he is trapped in a hellish private prison and lives as a ‘dead man’, offering a deal with his life as collateral. Man-jae accepts the offer to regain his name, family, and life.
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