Virus

"Once infected, you'll be lovesick"

2025 1h 39m KO

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 15

Drama

Synopsis

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A mysterious virus spreads out. Anyone infected feels the emotion of love, and the emotion amplifies until it kills the person in love. The pessimist Taek-seon, who likes nothing in life, is infected, and the researcher Gyun reaches her out to test her the medicine that he's developing. Soon Gyun finds out Taek-seon has special antibody, but Taek-seon slowly feels love to Gyun. Is this a real love or just a virus?

“Once infected, you'll be lovesick”

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Cast

Bae Doona
Ok Taek-seon
Kim Yoon-seok
Lee Gyun
Chang Ki-ha
Kim Yeon-woo
Son Suk-ku
Nam Su-pil
Moon Sung-keun
Professor Seong
Kim Hie-won
Director of Research Institute
Oh Hyun-kyung
Young-hee
Min Jin-woong
Jeong-hun

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kang Yi-kwan
Writers: Kang Yi-kwan
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kang Yi-kwan, shot by Hwang Ki-suk. 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 Lee Byung-woo. 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

CAST

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Bae Doona and Kim Yoon-seok and Chang Ki-ha carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Once infected, you'll be lovesick".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt36679841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kang Yi-kwan directs. Hwang Ki-suk behind the camera. Lee Byung-woo scores. Yang Jin-mo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2Directed by Kang Yi-kwan, shot by Hwang Ki-suk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Lee Byung-woo. 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.
5Bae Doona and Kim Yoon-seok and Chang Ki-ha carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Once infected, you'll be lovesick".
7IMDB entry: tt36679841 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.