The Ugly

The Ugly

The barefaced truth comes out.

2025•1h 42m•6.8/10

MysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(26)

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

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Production

Wow Point

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Park Jeong-min

Park Jeong-min

Im Dong-hwan / Young Im Yeong-gyu

Kwon Hae-hyo

Kwon Hae-hyo

Im Yeong-gyu

Shin Hyun-been

Shin Hyun-been

Jung Young-hee

Han Ji-hyeon

Han Ji-hyeon

Kim Su-jin

Im Sung-jae

Im Sung-jae

Young Baek Ju-sang

Kim Jae-rok

Kim Jae-rok

Baek Ju-sang

Cha Mi-kyeong

Cha Mi-kyeong

Lee Jin-suk

Joo Hae-eun

Joo Hae-eun

Young Lee Jin-suk

Won Mi-won

Won Mi-won

Aunt

Park Myung-shin

Park Myung-shin

Aunt

Lee Hyun-kyun

Lee Hyun-kyun

40s man

Go Seo-hee

Go Seo-hee

40s woman

Go Dong-eop

Go Dong-eop

Old man 1

Hong Seok-bin

Hong Seok-bin

Old man 2

Kim Hye-jung

Kim Hye-jung

Old woman

Lee Han-sol

Lee Han-sol

Tailor

Seo Suk-kyu

Seo Suk-kyu

Jin-suk's son

Ha Si-yeon

Ha Si-yeon

Jin-suk's daughter-in-law

Han Sang-chul

Han Sang-chul

Oh Chang-kyung

Oh Chang-kyung

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