Mother Is a Whore

AIDS-era Seoul. A 38-year-old ex-journalist, bedridden and broke, becomes his 60-year-old mother’s pimp to bankroll them both. No one’s coming to save them—just each other.

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Lee Sang-woo directed Mother Is a Whore in 2011. See Lee Sang-woo's full filmography, where to start with Lee Sang-woo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lee Sang-woo.

Mother Is a Whore was released in 2011 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.