If You Were Me 2

Jan 12, 2006

1h 52m

★ 5.0

Overview

Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, If You Were Me is an innovative omnibus film project to promote tolerance and human rights and shed light on the hardships disadvantaged people face in Korea. After the success of the first anthology, a second series, If You Were Me 2, was released this year. Five notable Korean directors - Park Kyung Hee (A Smile), Ryoo Seung Wan (Crying Fist), Jung Ji Woo, Jang Jin (Guns & Talks), and Kim Dong Won - participated in the second installment, creating shorts on human rights issues of their choosing.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

National Human Rights Commission of Korea

If You Were Me 2 Trailers

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Cast

Woo-shik

Kim Su-hyun

Joon-chul

An Kil-kang

Employee

On Ju-wan

Kim Joo-joong

Ryu Seung-ryong

Director Kim

Gong Ho-seok

Mom

Seo Ju-hee

Woman

Shin In-sook

Eun-hye

Jeong Eun-hye

Tae-woo

Kwon Jae-hwan

Chang-soo

Lee Jeong-heon

Hyun-yi

Oh Tae-kyung

Jin-sun

Lee Jin-sun

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