MOVIE • 2008

Modern Boy

What's Harder than Fighting Imperialism? Try Finding Lost Love.

During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese, falls in love with a Korean freedom fighter.

TMDB ★ 3.4/5Votes: 4

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Top Cast

Park Hae-il

Lee Hae-myung

Kim Hye-soo

Cho Nan-sil

Kim Nam-gil

Hidaka Shinsuke

Kim Joon-bae

Baek Sang-heo

Kim Young-jae

Ogai

Shin Gu

Hae-myung's Father

Ju Seok-tae

Detective in a beret

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Lim Seo-yeon

Yoko Ishida

Hong Seung-jin

Cheol-kwon

Hwang Sang-kyung

Mr. Lee

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Lee Seung-bi

Yukiko

Kim Kwang-kyu

Park Ka-song

Kwak Min-seok

Japanese Detective

Moon Won-ju

Large Detective

Where to watch

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Theatrical release date: October 2, 2008

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

October 2, 2008

Runtime

121 min

Language

Korean

Origin

South Korea

Budget

N/A

Revenue

N/A

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