Posted by When it comes down to it, most fathers are big softies. These films will touch your father’s heart and make Father’s Day special.
Here are 4 tearjerker Korean movies you can watch with your dad on the Father’s Day:
Miracle In Cell No. 7
This film is about a mentally ill father wrongfully convicted of killing and raping the child of a high-ranking police officer. In prison cell number seven, he makes friends with other convicts who help him visit his beloved daughter . Everyone tries to clear the father, who is executed on his daughter’s birthday. Park Shin Hye briefly appears as the grown daughter, a lawyer who wants to help her father win. Despite the film’s humor, the father’s devotion for his daughter is poignant. This movie is the fifth highest-grossing Korean movie of all time. It has a great story and acting, especially from the child actor who plays the daughter’s part.
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Hope
This movie, which is also called “Sowon,” which means “hope” in Korean. The film is based on the Nayoung Case, which happened in 2008. A young girl named Nayoung was on her way to school when a drunk guy raped and beat her badly in a public bathroom. The criminal’s prison sentence was only 12 years, which made her father very angry. He can’t accept that his daughter was hurt physically and sexually. The child has multiple injuries and needs major surgery. She won’t talk to her father because the tragedy still traumatizes her. The father dresses up as his daughter’s favorite cartoon character so they can speak. He wants to help his daughter through the pain and sadness his family is going through.
This movie beat big hits like “Miracle in Cell No. 7,” “Snow Piercer,” and “Face Reader” to win Best Film and Best Screenplay at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards. It was about a family with a father who never gives up and a daughter who is in pain.
Flu
This disaster movie is about a dangerous strain of the H5N1 virus that can kill people in 36 hours, wiping out the whole district of Budang.
The main character in the story is a single doctor whose daughter gets the H5N1 virus. To stop the spread of disease, the authorities took the infected people to a dump and burn them to death. Knowing the authorities’ plan, the mother try to save her daughter after she gets sick.
Even though the movie didn’t win any big awards, it’s still a must-see. The moment that wrenched our hearts and put a lump in our throats was when the daughter attempted to stop the government’s bullets with her body while standing up to the destruction she saw all around her.
Train To Busan
This movie gave fans a unique look at a zombie apocalypse. Even though a zombie flick isn’t usually the kind of movie that makes you cry and feel sad, this one did a great job of bringing out these feelings and had people looking for tissues by the end.
The film won big prizes at several film festivals and award shows, including Blue Dragon Films, Baeksang Awards, Chunsa Films, and more. The movie got a lot of attention during the Cannes Film Festival in 2016.
When a zombie virus hits the city of Seoul, the people on a train try to make it to Busan, the only safe place where the virus hasn’t spread. The story is about a father who must do whatever it takes to protect his young daughter.
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