She'll stop at nothing.
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 8.1/10 (1,540 votes)
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean
Company: Barunson
Director(s): Joon-ho Bong
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Producer(s):
Jae-Won Choi - producer
Katharine Kim - executive producer
Miky Lee - executive producer
Yang-kwon Moon - executive producer
Tae-joon Park - producer
Woo-sik Seo - producer
Writer(s):
Eun-kyo Park - (screenplay)
Joon-ho Bong - screenplay
Wun-kyo Park - screenplay
Cast:
Hye-ja Kim - Mother
Bin Won - Yoon Do-joon
Ku Jin - Jin-tae (as Goo Jin)
Yoon Jae-Moon - Je-mun
Mi-sun Jun - Mi-sun
Young-Suck Lee - Ragman
Sae-Beauk Song - Sepaktakraw detective
Mun-hee Na - Moon Ah-jung
Woo-hee Chun - Mina
Byoung-Soon Kim - Chief
Music: Byeong-woo Lee
Jae-Won Choi - producer
Katharine Kim - executive producer
Miky Lee - executive producer
Yang-kwon Moon - executive producer
Tae-joon Park - producer
Woo-sik Seo - producer
Writer(s):
Eun-kyo Park - (screenplay)
Joon-ho Bong - screenplay
Wun-kyo Park - screenplay
Cast:
Hye-ja Kim - Mother
Bin Won - Yoon Do-joon
Ku Jin - Jin-tae (as Goo Jin)
Yoon Jae-Moon - Je-mun
Mi-sun Jun - Mi-sun
Young-Suck Lee - Ragman
Sae-Beauk Song - Sepaktakraw detective
Mun-hee Na - Moon Ah-jung
Woo-hee Chun - Mina
Byoung-Soon Kim - Chief
Music: Byeong-woo Lee
Posted on: March 8, 2010
March 13th, 2010
Reminiscent of the quirky, offbeat films of Alfred Hitchcock, Mother isan intense, witty, and engaging psychological thriller with enigmaticcharacters that do not just populate the screen but are vitally alive.In one outstanding scene that will etch itself forever in your memory,Hye-ja attends the funeral of the girl her son is alleged to havemurdered. Although besieged by distraught family members who think herson is a murderer, she has the fortitude to look them in the eye andproclaim “my son could never do something like that”. Although “barkingdogs don’t bite”, this woman is one “mutha” of an exception.
March 14th, 2010
This murder mystery/psychological drama is about a young man whoappears to be somewhat mentally challenged (somewhat autistic?) who isaccused a murdering a teenage schoolgirl in a village in South Korea.His mom, in a fairly stellar performance by Kim Hye-ja, sets out toprove his innocence by doing detective work, as the police think its anopen and shut case. What makes this film stand alone is its tenacity.It doesn't let you go, it keeps on trying in the form of the motherattempting to follow every trail. Its a great premise and you are keptguessing throughout. You may be slightly put off by the unusually closenature of the relationship between mother and son, but director BongJoon-ho, who is probably on the short list of excellent contemporarydirectors from Asia, keeps the main focus on the core story, themystery. Highly recommended.