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The Beauty Inside
Why this pick
Like The Dude in Me, it uses an impossible change of identity to spark broad comedy, heartfelt self-reckoning, and a warmer look at how people are seen by others.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Pan-soo is a career criminal and a savvy entrepreneur who is the son-in-law of a mob boss. After a freak accident, Pan-soo wakes up to find out that his body had been swapped with that of a 17-year-old boy, Dong-hyeon. Trapped inside a teenage body, Pan-soo realizes that Dong-hyeon had been bullied in school, and that he had gotten into the accident while trying to protect a girl. While trying to fix some of Dong-hyeon's problems, he discovers that he now has the chance to fix his own past mistakes.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jung Jin-young
Dong-hyun
Park Sung-woong
Pan-su
Ra Mi-ran
Mi-sun
Lee Soo-min
Hyeon-jeong
Lee Jun-hyeok
Man-cheol
Kim Kwang-kyu
Jong-ki