The Ugly
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Dong-hwan, having inherited his blind artisan father Yeong-gyu's seal engraving studio, persuades his father to star in a documentary about his life as a master of the craft who has overcome the limits of his disability. But the shoot takes an unexpected turn when the remains of their wife and mother are discovered after forty years. As Dong-hwan uncovers long-buried family secrets, he also unravels the story of a woman whose face has been erased from collective memory and remembered solely as an "ugly monster."
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ko
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Park Jeong-min
Lim Dong-hwan / Young Lim Yeong-gyu
Kwon Hae-hyo
Lim Yeong-gyu
Shin Hyun-been
Jung Yeong-hee
Han Ji-hyeon
Kim Su-jin
Im Sung-jae
Young Baek Ju-sang
Kim Jae-rok
Baek Ju-sang
Cha Mi-kyeong
Lee Jin-suk
Joo Hae-eun
Young Lee Jin-suk
Won Mi-won
Aunt
Park Myung-shin
Aunt
Lee Hyun-kyun
40s man
Go Seo-hee
40s woman
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