Coming of Age

Coming of Age

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Release Date

9/16/2026

Runtime

105 mins

Genres

Overview

Welding engineer Cheol-taek is diagnosed with terminal cancer one day. This news begins to affect not only his only daughter Jeong-mi, who works as a bit-part actress, but also the lives of Hyun-sook, who had effectively divorced Cheol-taek and was enjoying retirement after finishing her career as a civil servant; Ok-nam, Hyun-sook's mother approaching her nineties; Cheol-taek's older brother Kwan-taek; and Kwan-taek's grandson Dong-min.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

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Revenue

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A quietly introspective exploration of how one man's terminal diagnosis reverberates through his fractured family, unraveling old wounds and unexpected reconnections. The film moves at a meditative pace, finding weight and humanity in the small, unspoken moments between people learning how to be together again.

Mood

MelancholicContemplativeWistful

Themes

FamilyMortalityGriefComing apart

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Structure

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