Sang-hyun (Parasite’s Song Kang-ho) runs a small launderette in Busan. He’s proud of his work, but – saddled with debt and leaned on by local gangsters – gradually resorts to another, less publicly acceptable activity in collaboration with his right-hand man Dong-soo involving ‘baby boxes’, safe places set up in Korean churches for new mothers to leave unwanted infants. One night in the pouring rain, they make a decision that brings young mother So-young into their orbit. Meanwhile, police detectives Su-jin and Lee are on their tail… Renowned for intimate, compassionate, artfully composed dramas exploring unconventional family dynamics, Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda’s first South Korean production is both delicate and big-hearted and while complex, perhaps one of his most accessible films to date, fusing his eye for nuanced human moments with broader genre elements. 

Director / Cyfarwyddwr: Hirokazu Kore-eda