Known for thrillers and gangster movies like Friend and Typhoon, director Kwak Kyung Taek departs from his tough, masculine stories in his latest film Pained. The blockbuster filmmaker's first feature in three years, the romantic melodrama is a unique love story between a man who can't feel pain and a woman who is ultra sensitive to pain. No stranger to melodramas, Kwon Sang Woo (71 - Into the Fire) stars as the numb hero whose life changes when he falls in love with his polar opposite, played by Jeong Ryeo Won (In Love And The War). Set in Seoul instead of the director's hometown and usual filming location of Busan, Pained is based on an original story by popular comic artist Kang Pool, whose works have been previously adapted into the films Apartment, Hello, Schoolgirl, and Ba:bo.Debt collector Nam Soon (Kwon Sang Woo) 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 hemophilia, 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. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again... YesAsia
