Birthday

Jeong-il returns after eight years to a family that barely remembers him. His wife and daughter must relearn who he is while he tries to fit back in. A quiet account of a man out of time and the life he almost missed.

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Lee Jong-un directed Birthday in 2019. See Lee Jong-un's full filmography, where to start with Lee Jong-un, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lee Jong-un.

Birthday was released in 2019 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.