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Parallel Life

Original title: Pyeong-haeng-i-ron
  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Ji Jin-hee and Lee Jong-hyuk in Parallel Life (2010)
Kim Seok-hyun is appointed as a presiding judge at the early age of 36. In addition to his stellar career, he has the picture perfect family, with a gorgeous wife and adorable daughter. His life crumbles, however, when his wife is brutally murdered. Prosecutor Lee Kang-sung, a friend of Seok-hyun's who has had a soft spot for his murdered wife, takes the case into his hands. Jang Soo-young, an ex-convict who has been holding a grudge against Seok-hyun for his ruling in a previous case is arrested as the prime suspect and the case is quickly closed. Meanwhile, a reporter approaches the grief-stricken judge, and asserts that he is living the parallel life of Han Sang-jun, a judge who lived 30 years ago. According to the theory, the suspect will escape from prison to kill him and his daughter. Seok-hyun is skeptical at first but he becomes more and more convinced as he discovers that significant events in his life coincide with Judge Han Sang-junÂ’s with precisely 30-year intervals. History suggests that Seok-hyun has only 16 days until he and his daughter meet their tragic death, and he struggles to change the mapped out future. However, someone destroys the case file from 30 years ago, the reporter who had been helping Seok-hyun gets killed, and the suspect escapes from prison on the same day Han's murderer did 30 years ago. Can Seok-hyun escape the predestined fate of a parallel life?
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After his wife is brutally murdered, a judge discovers that his life bears an eerie resemblance to that of a long-ago predecessor.After his wife is brutally murdered, a judge discovers that his life bears an eerie resemblance to that of a long-ago predecessor.After his wife is brutally murdered, a judge discovers that his life bears an eerie resemblance to that of a long-ago predecessor.

  • Director
    • Ho-Young Kwon
  • Writers
    • Jeung-Ae Han
    • Lee Young-jong
  • Stars
    • Ji Jin-hee
    • Lee Jong-hyuk
    • Yun Se-ah
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    521
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ho-Young Kwon
    • Writers
      • Jeung-Ae Han
      • Lee Young-jong
    • Stars
      • Ji Jin-hee
      • Lee Jong-hyuk
      • Yun Se-ah
    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast32

    Ji Jin-hee
    Ji Jin-hee
    • Kim Seok-hyeon
    Lee Jong-hyuk
    • Lee Kang-seong
    Yun Se-ah
    Yun Se-ah
    • Bae Yoon-kyeong
    • (as Yoon Se-ah)
    Ha Jung-woo
    Ha Jung-woo
    • Jang Soo-yeong
    Jun-wu Bae
    • Blue team member 1
    Park Byeong-eun
    Park Byeong-eun
    • Seo Jeong-woon
    Eun-chan Choi
    • Yoo Hyeon-seong's daughter's child
    Min-geum Choi
    • Crying plaintiff #1
    Park Geun Hyung
    • Chief Justice
    Yu Ha-bok
    • Detective (Prologue)
    Jeong Han-yong
    Jeong Han-yong
    • Bae Byeong-ho
    Kim Ja-yeong
    Kim Ja-yeong
    • Phone booth woman
    Lee Jae-eung
    • Yoo Hyeon-seong's daughter
    Oh Ji-eun
    • Nam Ka-hee
    Park Ji-yeon
    Park Ji-yeon
    • Kindergarten Teacher
    Bae Jung-shik
    • Detective Bae
    Dong-wu Kang
    • Male nurse
    Bong-seong Kim
    • National bureau worker
    • Director
      • Ho-Young Kwon
    • Writers
      • Jeung-Ae Han
      • Lee Young-jong
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    Details

    • Release date
      • February 18, 2010 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (South Korea)
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Pyeong-haeng-i-ron
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Dasepo Club
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    Box office

    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,976,223
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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