Name: Beasts Clawing at Straws
Genre: Action, Thriller & Suspense, Crime & Mystery
Released: 2020-02-19
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Jung Woo Sung, Jeon Do Yeon, Bae Sung Woo, Youn Yuh Jung, Jung Man Sik

Jung Woo Sung is a South Korean actor who was born on March 20, 1973, in Seoul, South Korea. He began his professional life as a fashion model, but scored an instant hit with his big-screen debut in the crime-themed movie “Beat” (1997), a performance that won him the Best New Actor prize at the Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. He has since gone on to appear in scores of box-office hit movie titles, including “Steel Rain” (2017), The King (2017), and the more recent title “Innocent Witness” (2019) – as well as movie sequel “Steel Rain 2” (2020).

Jung Woo Sung

Jeon Do Yeon is a South Korean actress who was born in Seoul, South Korea on February 11, 1973. She made her debut in the 1992 television drama series “Our Paradise,” and went on to make her movie bow in the film “The Contact.” She has since won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her role in the 2007 film “Secret Sunshine” Her more recent works include “Hip Daddy” (2020) and “Beasts Clawing at Straws” (2020).

Jeon Do Yeon

Bae Sung Woo is a South Korean actor. Born on November 21, 1972, he made his acting debut in the 2007 television drama “Conspiracy in the Court.” He has since had a prolific career mostly in films, including the recent “Inside Men” (2015), “Remember You” (2016), “My New Sassy Girl” (2016), “Because I Love You” (2017) and “The King” (2017). Bae Sung Woo’s brother is popular television personality Bae Sung Jae.

Bae Sung Woo

Youn Yuh Jung is a celebrated veteran South Korean actress whose career spans more than five decades. Born on June 19, 1947, she made her acting debut in the 1967 television drama “Mr. Gong,” for which she won the Best New Talent award at the TBC Drama Awards in 1969. Many celebrated roles in both films and television followed. In 1975, Youn Yuh Jung married singer Jo Young Nam and immigrated to the United States before returning in 1984 to resume her acting career. They divorced in 1987. Some of her recent award-winning roles include the films “The Housemaid” (2010), “Canola” (2016), and “The Bacchus Lady” (2016), as well as the television dramas “My Husband Got a Family” (2012), “Wonderful Days” (2014) and “Dear My Friends” (2016). Youn Yuh Jung also starred in the popular cooking reality series “Youn’s Kitchen” (2017) and “Youn’s Kitchen 2” (2018). In 2020, she appeared in the movie “Minari,” a role that won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Youn Yuh Jung

Jung Man Sik is a South Korean actor who was born in Mokpo, South Korea, on December 11, 1974. He made his acting debut in the movie “Smells Like the Gun” (2001) and then went on to appear in movie titles such as “She’s on Duty” (2005), “Soo” (2007), “Moby Dick” (2011), and “Rampant” (2018). He has also appeared in TV variety shows such as “Law of the Jungle in Costa Rica” (2014-2015).

Jung Man Sik

Jin Kyung is a South Korean actress who was born on March 27, 1972, in Masan, South Korea. She studied at the Korea National University of Arts, where she majored in Art History. She made her acting debut in the stage play “Secret Royal Inspector Park Mun Su” in 1998 and began featuring in movies at the turn of the millennium. She made her small-screen bow in 2011, appearing in “War of the Roses.” She has since gone on to appear in titles such as “Oh My Venus” (2015), “Dr. Romantic” (2016), and “Dr. Romantic 2” (2020).

Jin Kyung

Shin Hyun Bin is a South Korean actress. Born on April 10, 1986, she made her acting debut in the 2010 film “He’s on Duty,” for which she won Best New Actress at the 47th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2011. She has since appeared in a number of other films and television dramas, including “Mimi” (2014), “Mystery Queen” (2017) and “Mistress” (2018).

Shin Hyun Been

Jung Ga Ram is a South Korean actor who was born on February 23, 1993, in Miryang, South Korea. He studied at Hanyang University and made his debut in the comedy-drama series “High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged” in 2011. He made his movie debut in the 2016 film “4th Place,” and has since appeared in hit movies such as “Believer” (2018) and “Beasts Clawing at Straws” (2020).

Jung Ga Ram

Jung Man (Bae Sung Woo) is a straight-living office worker who is down on his luck. He has already been declared bankrupt, and despite the fact that both he and his wife are working, they are now struggling to make ends meet.

They have to care for his mother, whose health is deteriorating, as well as his daughter, whose application for a student loan has just been turned down.

One fateful day, he comes across an abandoned designer bag in a sauna locker. He takes a look inside and is shocked to discover that it is stuffed to the brim with banknotes.

Not sure what to do, he takes it to a storage room while he decides what to do with his discovery.

However, a number of other individuals soon learn the secret of this mysterious bag – and plan to get their hands on it. These include a brothel madam named Yeon Hee (Jeon Do Yeon) and a customs agent named Tae Young (Jung Woo Sung), who needs to pay off a debt to a dangerous loan shark.

“Beasts Clawing at Straws” is a 2020 South Korean movie directed by Kim Yong Hoon.

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