Aloners

May 19, 2021

1h 31m

★ 6.8

Living alone is fine, but being alone is hard.

Overview

Jina is the top employee at a credit card company call center. She avoids building close relationships, choosing instead to live and work alone – until she is suddenly tasked with training a new recruit.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Korean Academy of Film Arts

Korean Film Council

Aloners Trailers

Cast

Ji-na

Gong Seung-yeon

Soo-jin

Jeong Da-eun

Seong-hoon

Seo Hyun-woo

Team Leader

Geum Hannah

Neighbour

Kim Mo-beom

Father

Park Jeong-hak

Lawyer Jeong

Ju Seok-tae

Plainclothes Police Officer

Ahn Jeong-bin

Time Machine Man (voice)

Kwak Min-kyu

Mother

Kim Gwi-rye

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