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Original Name:Beurokeo
English Name: Broker
Year: 2022
Run Time: 129 min
Language: Korean
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: South Korea
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Producer: Eugene Lee
Cast: Kang Ho Song, Dong Won Gang, Doona Bae, Ji Eun Lee, Joo Young Lee
Screenplay: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cinematographer: Kyung Pyo Hong
Editor: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Sound Designer: Tae Young Choi
Music Composer: Jung Jae Il
Production Company: ZIP Cinema
World Sales: Impact
Hirokazu Kore-eda, the Japanese writer – director is considered as one of the contemporary masters of cinema. After debuting as a director with Maborosi (1995), he made several feature films including After Life (2001), Nobody Knows (2004), and Like Father, Like Son (2013) for which he garnered numerous awards at numerous internationally renowned film festivals. In 2018, he was recognized with directing mastery receiving Cannes Palme d′Or with Shoplifters. In the following year, he was chosen as the Asian Filmmaker of the Year by the Busan IFF. He has moved audiences across the world with his stories about various configurations of families.
Sang-hyun runs a laundry shop, but is constantly saddled with debt. Dong-soo, who grew up in an orphanage, works in a baby box facility. One night in the pouring rain, they secretly carry off an infant who was left at the baby box. But on the following day, the mother So-young unexpectedly returns for her son Woo-sung. Realizing that her baby has been taken, she is about to call the police when the two men tell her everything. Their claim that they stole the baby in order to find him a good home seems outrageous, but So-young ends up joining Sang-hyun and Dong-soo on a journey to find new parents for Woo-sung. Meanwhile, the police detective Su-jin and her younger colleague Detective Lee are witnessing all of this as it unfolds. They silently tail the group, hoping to catch them in the act at all costs to wrap up their half-year investigation. Brought together by chance through a baby box, the five individuals embark on an unusual and unexpected journey.
