In Our Prime (2022)
Ji-woo, an outcast in a prestigious private high school, does not fit in due to different social backgrounds than his well-to-do classmates. One day, he meets Hak-sung, the school’s security guard who is actually a mathematical genius defected from North Korea, now living with his past shut away. Ji-woo asks Hak-sung to teach him math, and although reluctant at first, Hak-sung eventually agrees to. Finding each other in their most difficult times, Ji-woo and Hak-sung open up to one another during their special math lessons, but their friendship is at risk when Ji-woo is framed for an incident in school, and Hak-sung is faced with people prying on his past.
Country: South Korea
Directors: Park Dong-hun
Casts: Choi Min-sik as Ri Hak-sung, Kim Dong-hwi as Han Ji-woo, Park Hae-jun as Ahn Gi-chul, Park Byung-eun as Kim Geun-ho, Jo Yoon-seo as Park Bo-ram, Tang Jun-sang as Tae-yeon, Kim Won-hae as Park Pil-joo, Ju Jin-mo as Professor Oh, Kim Hee-jung as Bo-ram's mother, Kang Mal-geum as Ji-woo's mother, Joo Ye-rin as Korean teacher, Jung Seung-kil as NIS Agent, Shin Jae-hwi as Acne