The Uncle

About The Uncle

The life of Ipse, a 19-year-old girl who cannot get out of her own bed due to psychological trauma, is as motionless as a plant. Having no family and no clue of her family's mysterious history, she lives completely dependent on her neighbors, but starts to feel suffocated under the abuse and the looks she gets as if she was something to be eaten up.

The Uncle (2019) is a mystery thriller film directed by Kim Hyoung Jin. Its themes are physical disability, bad neighbors, and rape.

Chung Ye-jin stars as Ip-sae, Kang Shin-hyo as Uncle, Kang Shin-chul as Jo Kang-sik, and Ko Kyu-pil as Section Chief Kim. Released in November 2019, it runs 99 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kim Hyoung Jin.