Hwayi: Gwimuleul samkin ai

"Raised to be a killer."

Oct 9 2013 Not Rated 2h 6m
Action, Thriller

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Plot

Hwayi is a boy living in a farm village, who was raised by 5 fathers who were famous criminals. One day, the group is commissioned to kill a man named Lim and his wife. While the rest of the group feel something odd about this particular contact, Suk-tae is adamant to carry out this job with Hwayi in tow. During the job Hwayi discovers a photograph of a child in Lim's house. Eventually, Suk-tae hands his gun to Hwayi and he is forced to pull the trigger. He becomes ill after committing his first kill and realizes that the boy in the photograph looks uncannily familiar.

Written by

Park Joo-suk, Jang Joon-hwan

Directed by

Jang Joon-hwan

Production Countries

South Korea

Production Companies

NOWFILM, Pinehouse Film, Showbox

Languages

Awards

9 wins & 5 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
5,677
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA