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Beasts That Cling to the Straw (2020)

| Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 19 February 2020 (South Korea)
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A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

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Kim Yong-Hoon

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Do-yeon Jeon, Woo-sung Jung, Sung-Woo Bae | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Do-yeon Jeon ... Yeon-Hee
Woo-sung Jung ... Tae-Young
Sung-Woo Bae ... Jung-Man
Man-sik Jeong Man-sik Jeong
Kyung Jin Kyung Jin ... Young-Seon
Shin Hyon Bin Shin Hyon Bin ... Mi Ran
Ga-ram Jung ... Jin-Tae
Jun-han Kim Jun-han Kim ... Jae-Hun
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yuh-Jung Youn ... Soon-Ja (as Yuh Jung Youn)
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A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.

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Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

19 February 2020 (South Korea) See more »

Also Known As:

Beasts Clawing at Straws See more »
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$4,345,710
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Mediocre
4 April 2020 | by xtinajoy – See all my reviews

Mediocre plot with the top cast. Pacing was incredibly slow. 5 stars at best.
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