Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)

As his first feature film, Kim Yong-hoon wrote and directed the 2020 South Korean black comedic crime thriller Beasts Clawing at Straws. Starring Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung, Youn Yuh-jung, Bae Seong-woo, Shin Hyun-been, Jung Man-sik, Jin Kyung, and Jung Ga-ram, it is based on the 2011 Japanese book of the same name by Keisuke Sone. The publication date was February 19, 2020.

These scumbags steadily congregate around the money bag, each with their own wants. Hard-luck lowlifes' destiny progressively converges before collapsing: Until he discovers a bag of cash in the locker room, Jung Man is barely making ends meet while working at a sauna and caring for his ailing mother; Tae Young (Jung Woo-sung) is in danger after his lover steals the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon after, a suspiciously dead body is discovered; Mi Ran, who is stuck between her violent husband and a dead-end job as a bar waitress, meets Jin Tae, a young man who offers to kill her husband... The dog-eat-dog game has now begun. In the end, Joong-man lost his house due to the fire set by Yeon-Hee to cover up her murder of Park to get the money but after Yeon-Hee (Jeon Do-yeon)is killed by Park's lieutenant to avenge his boss, she drops the locker key for a locker that contains her bag of money.

Detailed information:

Starring: Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Woo-sung, Youn Yuh-jung, Bae Seong-woo

Original release: January 25, 2020

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt9747594/