# Monster Boy : Hwayi (2013)

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**Original title**: *화이: 괴물을 삼킨 아이*
**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Action, Thriller, Crime
**Directed by**: Jang Joon-hwan
**Written by**: Park Joo-suk
**Starring**: Kim Yun-seok, Yeo Jin-goo, Cho Jin-woong, Jang Hyun-sung, Kim Sung-kyun, Park Hae-joon

> *Raised to be a killer.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dark alleys of Seoul at dusk a motorcycle roars 
a teenage boy forced into a life of crime 
Jang Joon-hwan brings gritty action to this Korean thriller

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, outsider, raw

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