Citizen of a Kind
7.5/10
Rating
113 min
Runtime
2024
Release Year
Park Young-ju
Director
Cast
Ra Mi-ran, Gong Myoung, Yeom Hye-ran, Park Byung-eun, Jang Yoon-ju
Quick Synopsis
After a fire destroys her laundry store, single mother Duk-hee receives a call from a bank offering a large upfront loan, which she accepts to recover from her loss. However, she soon discovers that she has fallen victim to a voice phishing scam. Feeling devastated, Duk-hee seeks help from the police but is told there is little chance of recovering her money. At her lowest point, she receives another call from Jae-min, the scammer who deceived her, who reveals that he was forced by a criminal organization in China to make the phishing calls. Motivated by this information, Duk-hee decides to investigate the case herself and travels to China with her friends to uncover the truth.
Detailed Synopsis of Citizen of a Kind
After losing her laundry store to a fire incident, a single mom Duk-hee receives a call from a bank offering a generous upfront loan so she takes it right away. But soon after, she finds out that she has become a victim of a voice phishing scheme. Devastated, Duk-hee turns to the police for help, only to be more disappointed that there is no hope of retrieving her money. At the moment of despair, Jae-min, the phisher who tricked her, rings her phone once again to tip Duk-hee off about the criminal organization that locked him up and coerced him to make voice phishing calls from China. With that call, Duk-hee makes up her mind to investigate this case for herself and take a plane to China with her friends.
