The Journey to Gyeong-ju

The Journey to Gyeong-ju

We kidnapped a killer

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Release Date

8/26/2026

Runtime

111 mins

Overview

Eight years ago, the youngest daughter, Gyeong-ju, disappeared during a school field trip to Gyeongju and never came home alive. On what would have been her birthday, her mother Ok-sil and her three daughters—Jang-ju, Young-ju, and Dong-ju—put on matching family T-shirts and set off for Gyeongju, the place where Gyeong-ju vanished, in what appears to be a family trip to honor her memory. But beneath the cheerful façade lies a deadly secret. In the trunk of their van is a bound and unconscious man zipped inside a plastic bag.

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

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Revenue

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A family bound by unimaginable loss embarks on a deceptively ordinary road trip that conceals an act of vigilante justice, balancing the mundane rituals of remembrance with the moral weight of their secret. The film dwells in the unbearable tension between a mother's love and a family's capacity for darkness.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseMournfulDefiant

Themes

GriefFamilyRevengeJusticeComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Road movie

Heads up

Graphic violenceChild endangerment

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