My Name

My Name

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My Name

""Mom, live by your name now.""

2026

1h 53m

7.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

South Korea, 1998: While the country moves closer towards democracy, Young-oak remains at odds with his female-connotated name while attending a boy's school where the air is thick with testosterone. The young man is struggling to fit in and find a new name among corrupt teachers and the teenagers' violent power games, which are as subtle as they are extreme. Behind his mother Jeong-sun's seemingly unflappable exterior, a past long repressed is reemerging, which she is reluctant to face. Yet confrontation is unavoidable – and it leads back to the national tragedy surrounding the Jeju Uprising of April 3rd, 1948.

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Aura Pictures

Let's Films

Cast & Crew

19 members

Acting

염혜란

Choi Jeong-sun

염혜란

Acting

신우빈

Lee Young-ok (young)

신우빈

Acting

최준우

Ko Min-su (young)

최준우

Acting

박지빈

Kyung-tae

박지빈

Acting

김규리

Hee-ra

김규리

Acting

정인우

Kang So-young (young)

정인우

Acting

유준상

Lee Young-ok

유준상

Acting

오지호

Ko Min-su

오지호

Acting

오윤아

Kang So-young

오윤아

Acting

전승훈

Jo Jung-hwan

전승훈

Acting

허동원

Hwang Cheol-gwang

허동원

Acting

김동영

Platoon leader

김동영

Acting

이소이

Choi Jeong-sun (youth)

이소이

Acting

김설진

Jeju people

김설진

Acting

김민재

Jeju people

김민재

Acting

이정현

Driver

이정현

Acting

이상훈

Teacher

이상훈

Acting

오동민

Lee Sang-hyun

오동민

Acting

심지유

Choi Jeong-sun (young)

심지유

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