- Korea
- 2026
- 23min
- Color
- Fiction
- 12
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Sunbo becomes unable to speak after swallowing a sea roach as a result of bullying by his friends. Through a crack formed in Sunbo’s soul, the sea roach enters, and Sunbo and the two come to communicate solely by reading and hearing each other’s thoughts. Seven years pass, and the moment of their separation arrives.
Director
OH Yukyeong
Developed The Daughter-in-Law Framed by an Octopus’s Shadow through the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’s Goedam Campus, and published it in 2025 as the 33rd title in the Safehouse Short Series.
Credit
- ProducerJUNG Yuna
- CastLEE Siu, JUNG Sungdo
- ScreenwriterOH Yukyeong
- CinematographerPARK Syeyoung
- Art directorPARK Jungin
- EditorJO Seungwoo
- MusicHAN Minhee
- SoundSONG Jiseo
