Film

Mother

2009 · 2h 9m · Crime · Drama · Mystery

She'll stop at nothing.

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

79

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

Kim Hye-ja

Mother

Won Bin

Yoon Do-joon

Jin Goo

Jin-tae

Yoon Je-moon

Je-moon

Jeon Mi-seon

Mi-seon

Song Sae-byuk

Sepak Takraw Detective

Lee Young-suk

Elder at Junk Shop

Moon Hee-ra

Moon Ah-jeong

Chun Woo-hee

Mi-na

Kim Byeong-soon

Police Group Leader

Yeo Moo-yeong

Lawyer Kong Seok-ho

Jung Young-ki

Skinny Student

Ko Kyu-pil

Fat Student

Lee Mi-do

Scar Girl

Kim Jin-goo

Ah-jeong's Grandma

Min Kyung-jin

Lawyer Office Manager

• Bong Joon HoScreenplay · Director
• Park Eun-kyoScreenplay
• Seo Woo-sikProducer
• Park Tae-joonProducer
• Miky LeeExecutive Producer
• Moon Yang-kwonExecutive Producer
• Hong Kyung-pyoDirector of Photography
• Lee Byung-wooOriginal Music Composer
• Moon Se-kyoungEditor
• Kim Mi-youngEditor

Trailer

Release date

May 28, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

2h 9m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$17,112,713

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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