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2003

If You Were Me

Directed by Yim Soon-rye

Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.

Duration

1h 50m

Released

November 14, 2003

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Cast25

  • Jo Sun-kyung
  • Lee Seol-Hee
  • Kil Hae-yeon
  • Ju Jin-mo
  • Jeon Ha-eun
  • Baek Jong-hak
  • Byeon Jung-su
  • Kim Moon-joo
  • Lee Young-hee

Part ofThe If You Were Me Collection

Includes If You Were Me (2003), If You Were Me 2 (2006), If You Were Me 3 (2006), If You Were Me 4 (2009), If You Were Me 5 (2011), If You Were Me 6 (2013), and If You Were Me (2016).

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