The Ugly (2025 film)
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| Hangul | 얼굴 |
| Lit. | Face |
| RR | Eolgul |
| MR | Ŏlgul |
| Directed by | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Screenplay by | Yeon Sang-ho |
| Based on | The Ugly by Yeon Sang-ho |
| Produced by | Yang Yoomin Hailey |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pyo Sang-woo |
| Edited by | Park Ju-ae |
| Music by | Chai Min-joo |
Production company | Wow Point |
| Distributed by | Megabox Plus M |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ₩200 million (~US$143,600) |
| Box office | US$7.7 million |
The Ugly (Korean: 얼굴) is a 2025 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. Based on director Yeon's 2018 graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Park Jeong-min in dual roles as Im Young-gyu, a blind yet extraordinarily skilled artisan, and his son, Im Dong-hwan. When a journalist portrayed by Shin Hyun-been makes a documentary on Young-gyu, she and Dong-hwan investigate the life and death of Dong-hwan's long-dead mother, of whom he never knew anything. The cast also includes Kwon Hae-hyo as present-day Young-guy, alongside Im Seong-jae and Han Ji-hyun.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2025. It was released in South Korea on September 11, 2025, by Plus M Entertainment.