The Boy Who Had Horns

The Boy Who Had Horns

Untreatable with modern medicine! But I have to survive.

2019 · 118 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Adventure

Joon-bae was working at a health foods company until one day he gets diagnosed with cancer. Hee-jin, who works at the factory, suddenly has a lung disease. A middle man named Gwang-woong approaches them and tells them about ‘human horns’, which are considered only a legend. A hunter has to make money for his mentally-ill daughter, and Gwang-woong gives him one last hunting offer. There’s no more hope or choice. To survive, these people will do anything… but they have to eat someone to do so.

Directed by Kim Hwi-geun · Written by Kim Hwi-geun

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