Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned

A grieving girl gets a second chance when a man claims to be her childhood friend who vanished decades ago. The reunion cracks open a forgotten tunnel to their shared past. His unreadable smile carries the weight of time.

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Um Tae-hwa directed Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned in 2016. See Um Tae-hwa's full filmography, where to start with Um Tae-hwa, or where to go after you've seen everything by Um Tae-hwa.

Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned was released in 2016 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 129 minutes.