Stateless Things

Kim Kyung-mook’s debut crosscuts two trapped Koreas in one Seoul. A defector scraps cash as a migrant ghost while a mistress-boy naps between sheets he never owns. The film carves out space where desire suffocates under glass.

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Stateless Things was released in 2012 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.