Futureless Things (2014)

Director
Kyung-Mook Kim

Main cast
Yoo-Young; Lee Joo-seung; Jung Hye-in; Paul Lee

Genres
Drama

Description
The various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.


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