Coin Locker Girl

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Coin Locker Girl (Hangul: ?????; RR: Chainataun; lit. Chinatown) is a 2015 South Korean film written and directed by Han Jun-hee, starring Kim Hye-soo, Kim Go-eun, Uhm Tae-goo with Park Bo-gum and Go Kyung-pyo. It was selected to screen in the International Critics' Week section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

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Synopsis

A baby is found abandoned inside a coin locker at Western Seoul train station in 1996. A beggar takes her and names her Il-young (Kim Go-eun), then when she turns 10, she is taken by the corrupt detective who sells her off to a woman referred to simply as Mother as part of his loan payment (Kim Hye-soo). Mother is the boss of a loan shark and organ trafficking crime ring in Chinatown, Incheon; she has held on to her position of power by being dispassionate and calculating, and by keeping by her side only those of use to her. Mother decides to raise the young child after she shows toughness and smarts, eventually grooming her for a position in her organization as her personal debt collector. One day, Il-young is given a task to collect debt from Suk-hyun (Park Bo-gum), the son of a debtor. Over the course of a few days, she is initially taken back by the boy who is not afraid of her and shows her kindness and openness from his own struggles from the past and current with unyielding spirit that she starts to develop special feelings for him. But when his father flees from the debt, Mother orders her to kill Suk-hyun. Il-young cannot go through with it and by making that single choice, she must now flee from the only family she has ever known.

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Cast

Main

• Kim Hye-soo as Ma Woo-hee / Mother
• Kim Go-eun as Ma Il-young
• Uhm Tae-goo as Woo Gon
• Park Bo-gum as Park Seok-hyun
• Go Kyung-pyo as Chi-do

Supporting

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Awards and nominations

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References

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Coin Locker Girl at the Korean Movie Database
• Coin Locker Girl on IMDb
• Coin Locker Girl at HanCinema

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