The Weight (2013)
Jung is a mortician at the morgue, who has to rely heavily on medicine for his severe tuberculosis and arthritis. Despite his illness, cleaning and dressing the dead is a noble and even beautiful work. His life over there is both a reality and a fantasy while the corpses are his models and friends for his paintings, his sole living pleasure. Why this morbid hobby? Jung was adopted by a horrible woman who used him as a slave for her dress shop. The natural son of the woman is younger than Jung and has a strange desire. He wants to transform his male body into a female one. Despite the love and hate relationship Jung has with his brother and burdened with the weight of life and the difficulties he has to deal with at his job, Jung endures the pain and prepares a last gift for his brother...
| Movie ID | 88814 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Jeon Kyu-hwan |
| Main cast | Cho Jae-hyun, Park Ji-a, Yoon Dong-hwan, Lee Jun-hyeok, Kim Sung-min, Ra Mi-ran, Yoo Seung-hyeon |
| Release date | 10 April 2013 |
| Release year | 2013 |
| Language | Korean |
| Duration | 107 min (1h 47m) |
| Rating | 5.2 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Next Entertainment World |
Director: Jeon Kyu-hwan
Writers: Jeon Kyu-hwan
Top cast
Cho Jae-hyunJung
Park Ji-aDong-bae
Yoon Dong-hwan
Lee Jun-hyeok
Kim Sung-min
Ra Mi-ranWoman from Incheon
Yoo Seung-hyeonYeo Bae-woo
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