Il tombino

Rain-slicked Seoul alley, midnight. A child’s schoolbook floats in a flooded manhole. The catch: one missing girl, one brother’s night shift, one manhole cover that shouldn’t open from inside. A debut feature that plays like early Park Chan-wook—tight, dark, and ruthlessly efficient.

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Shin Jae-Young directed Il tombino in 2014. See Shin Jae-Young's full filmography, where to start with Shin Jae-Young, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shin Jae-Young.

Il tombino was released in 2014 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 101 minutes.