''Boomerang Family'' (; lit. "Aging Family") is a 2013 South Korean

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directed by

Song Hae-sung Song Hae-sung (born October 11, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Song made his feature film debut in 1999 with the time-traveling romance ''Calla'', starring Song Seung-heon and Kim Hee-sun, but didn't become more ...

, and starring

Park Hae-il Park Hae-il (born 26 January 1977) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, but soon gained the film industry's attention in 2003 with '' Jealousy Is My Middle Name'' and '' Memories of Murder''. Park's film career took of ...

Yoon Je-moon Yoon Je-moon (born March 9, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He appears in theater, film and television, notably in the movies ''The Man Next Door'' (2010) and '' Dangerously Excited'' (2012), and the TV series '' The End of the World'' (2013). ...

Gong Hyo-jin Gong Hyo-jin (born April 4, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film '' Crush and Blush'' (2008), as well as for her popular television series '' Sang Doo! Let's Go to School'' (2003), ''Thank You'' (20 ...

, Youn Yuh-jung, and

Jin Ji-hee Jin Ji-hee (born March 25, 1999) is a South Korean actress. Career She began her career as a child actress, and is best known for her roles in the relationship drama '' Alone in Love'' (2006), the horror fairytale ''Hansel and Gretel'' (2007) ...

. Based on the 2010 novel ''Aging Family'' by

Cheon Myeong-kwan Cheon Myeong-kwan (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (born 1964) is a South Korean novelist, screenwriter and film director. His novel ''Modern Family'' was adapted into a film, Boomerang Family, in 2013. Life Ch ...

, the film is about three misfit siblings in their thirties and forties who all decide to move back in with their mother.

Plot

Film director In-mo (

) is a 40-year-old movie director who's been jobless for the past decade after his debut film was a commercial and artistic flop. Mired in poverty and depressed at his wife's affair, he decides to hang himself. But a well-timed call from his mother ( Youn Yuh-jung) inviting him to dinner results in a change of plans. Instead of killing himself, he decides to move into his mother's home, where his older brother Han-mo (

) also lives. A 44-year-old unemployed ex-gangster with five criminal convictions, Han-mo is not particularly pleased at this development. But more trouble lies ahead: younger sister Mi-yeon (

) arrives with her bratty, rebellious 15-year-old daughter Min-kyung (

). 35-year-old Mi-yeon announces that she is leaving her second husband, and that she needs to stay with them for the immediate future. Thus the dysfunctional family is reunited, revealing petty conflicts, sibling rivalries and largely unexpressed affection, as they struggle with the challenges of middle age.

Cast

as Oh In-mo *

as Oh Han-mo *

as Oh Mi-yeon * Youn Yuh-jung as Mom *

as Shin Min-kyung, Mi-yeon's daughter *

Ye Ji-won Ye Ji-won (born February 1, 1973) is a South Korean actress. Career She is best known for her leading role in the hit sitcom ''Old Miss Diary'', and her more serious turns in Hong Sang-soo Hong Sang-soo (홍상수, born 25 October 1960) is ...

as Han Soo-ja, hairdresser * Kim Young-jae as Jung Geun-bae, Mi-yeon's boyfriend * Yoo Seung-mok as drug peddler * Park Young-seo as Ki-soo, Han-mo's thief friend * Lee Young-jin as Seo Mi-ok, In-mo's wife * Jung Young-gi as Jang, Mi-yeon's husband * Kim Hae-gon as Kim, porno producer * Kim Dae-jin as Choi *

Yoo Yeon-mi Yoo Yeon-mi (born July 7, 1999) is a South Korean actress. She began her career as a child actress, notably in Jeon Soo-il's indie film ''With a Girl of Black Soil'' (2007), for which she received the Best Actress award at the Marrakech Interna ...

as Min-kyung's school friend * Han Sung-yong as restaurant customer *

Oh Min-ae Oh Min-ae is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' Mr. Sunshine'', '' My Liberation Notes'', '' The Penthouse: War in Life'' and '' Blind''. She also appeared in movies '' The Running Actress'', ''Memento Mori ...

as landlady * Woo Hye-jin as Mi-yeon's wedding friend * Hwang Byung-gook as wedding photographer *

Park Geun-hyung Park Geun-hyung (born June 7, 1940) is a South Korean actor. His career in film, television and theater has spanned over five decades. Filmography Film *''7 People in the Cellar'' (1969) *''Lovers of Seoul'' (1973) *''Spies in the National A ...

as Mr. Gu, Mom's male friend * Kim Ji-young as Sang-geun's woman * Yang Hee-kyung as Jung-hyun's woman * Kim Kyung-ae as Jung-bok's woman

Awards and nominations

2013 50th

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

*Nomination - Best Director -

*Nomination - Best Actress - Youn Yuh-jung *Nomination - Best Supporting Actress -

References

External links

* * * * {{Song Hae-sung 2013 films 2013 comedy-drama films South Korean comedy-drama films Films based on South Korean novels Films directed by Song Hae-sung CJ Entertainment films 2010s Korean-language films 2010s South Korean films