Road Movie Archives - London Korean Film Festival https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/genre/road-movie/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:24:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 The Mutation https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/films/the-mutation/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:24:36 +0000 https://www.koreanfilm.co.uk/?post_type=films&p=11007 Se-oh (Han Hyun-min) works at an amusement park as a white-tiger-costumed mascot and collapses one day due to overwork. He then makes a resolution with himself — buys a luxury suitcase and goes trav. He gets on the subway and finds So-ra (Lee Zoo-young) appears at his side. The Mutation explores their journey gradually explores...

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]]> Se-oh (Han Hyun-min) works at an amusement park as a white-tiger-costumed mascot and collapses one day due to overwork. He then makes a resolution with himself — buys a luxury suitcase and goes trav. He gets on the subway and finds So-ra (Lee Zoo-young) appears at his side. The Mutation explores their journey gradually explores the facets of their pasts as well: Se-oh, who is of Black, mixed-race descent but knows little about the circumstances of his birth, feels that it is safer for him to live in society wearing a mask, while So-ra has lived under shadows following the death of her same-sex lover. Rather than portraying a grand moment of salvation, the film shines light on the simple but powerful gesture of reaching a hand out to someone who has fallen.

Son Si-nae

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