''Pained'' (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011

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n film directed by

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. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in

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, which is a departure from the director's previous

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-based masculine thrillers and gangster movies. It is adapted from an original story by popular

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artist Kang Full.

Plot

Debt collector Nam-soon (

Kwon Sang-woo Kwon Sang-woo (in Korean: 권상우, ''Kweon Sang-u''; born August 5, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He rose to stardom in 2003 with the romantic comedy film '' My Tutor Friend'' and the melodrama series '' Stairway to Heaven''. Career Kwon San ...

) lost his sense of pain after a traumatic accident during his youth, and now regularly takes beatings for his job. Street vendor Dong-hyun ( Jung Ryeo-won) suffers from severe

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, a disorder that impedes the body's ability to stop bleeding. For Dong-hyun, even the most minor of injuries could be deadly. She's left homeless after Nam-soon collects the last of her money, so he decides to take her in. As the two grow closer, Nam-soon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again...

Cast

– Nam-soon * Jung Ryeo-won – Dong-hyun * Ma Dong-seok – Bum-no * Jang Young-nam – Kye-jung *Kim Hyeong-jong – jobless guy *Keum Dong-hyun – Young-bae * Lee Mi-do – street vendor * Mahbub Alam – street vendor *Song Bong-geun – bucktooth *Oh Joo-hee – Nam-soon's aunt * Kang Min-ah – Nam-soon's older sister *Kwak Min-seok – newlywed husband *Kim Yeon-ah – newlywed wife *Kim Jin-goo – grandmother owner *Sa-hee – actress *Kwon Oh-jin – trader representative * Kim Min-jun – male actor (cameo)

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* 2011 films 2011 romantic drama films South Korean romantic drama films Films shot in Seoul Films shot in Incheon Films based on manhwa Films based on works by Kang Full Films directed by Kwak Kyung-taek Lotte Entertainment films 2010s Korean-language films Live-action films based on comics 2010s South Korean films {{2010s-romantic-drama-film-stub