Pawn

"The money or your kid!"

2020 1h 53m KO

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8.3

BANGER

★8.3TMDB · 74

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Synopsis

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A debt collector who looks intimidating, but actually has a warm heart, ends up becoming the guardian of a child, who has been left behind as collateral by her illegal immigrant mother.

“The money or your kid!”

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Cast

Sung Dong-il
Doo-seok
Park So-i
Young Seung-yi
Kim Hie-won
Jong-bae
Ha Ji-won
Seung-yi
Yunjin Kim
Myeong-ja
Kim Jae-hwa
Madam Jeong
Teo Yoo
Deok-hwa
Jung In-gi
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kang Dae-gyu
Writers: JK Youn, Shon Joo-yeon
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kang Dae-gyu, shot by Yun Ju-hwan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jeong Jin-ho. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yang Jin-mo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

AWARDS

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Sung Dong-il and Park So-i and Kim Hie-won carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The money or your kid!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13273172 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Kang Dae-gyu directs. Yun Ju-hwan behind the camera. Jeong Jin-ho scores. Yang Jin-mo cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 6 years ago.
2Directed by Kang Dae-gyu, shot by Yun Ju-hwan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jeong Jin-ho. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Yang Jin-mo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Sung Dong-il and Park So-i and Kim Hie-won carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The money or your kid!".
7IMDB entry: tt13273172 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 74 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.