# Wide Awake (2007)

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**Original title**: *리턴*
**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
**Directed by**: Lee Kyu-man
**Written by**: Lee Kyu-man, Lee Hyeon-Jin
**Starring**: Kim Myung-min, Kim Tae-woo, Kim Yu-mi, Yu Jun-sang, Jung You-seok, Kim Roi-ha

> *When memories return, murders begin*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Autumn light slants through a hospital window, catching dust above a child’s sneakers.  
A boy’s hand trembles on a hospital bed rail; decades later, two men lock eyes on a rain-slicked street.  
Feels like Park Chan-wook forgot to turn the nightmare off.

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