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Cast

Lee Yang-hee

Lee Yang-hee

Duk-bae

Joo Bo-bi

Joo Bo-bi

Su-nam

Seo Yeon-woo

Seo Yeon-woo

Ggot-ha-na

Heo Jin

Heo Jin

Wang Mae-ja

Song Yong-sik

Song Yong-sik

Moong-tae

Kwon Hyeong-joon

Kwon Hyeong-joon

Hak-su

Jo Kyung-hyun

Jo Kyung-hyun

Sang-gu

Song Ga-in

Song Ga-in

Self

Oui Ji-won

Oui Ji-won

Crew

Yun Jin-seon

Yun Jin-seon

Costume Design

Lee Chung-ryoul

Lee Chung-ryoul

Director

Lee Chung-ryoul

Lee Chung-ryoul

Writer

Kim Jin-young

Kim Jin-young

Production Design

Seo Sang-hwa

Seo Sang-hwa

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Cicada

20227.5 / 10122 min
Drama, Family

Overview

A beautiful sound that connects a family

Duk-bae is a seasoned Dasiraegi performer who puts on a stage play-like ritual that ushers the dead into the next life and comforts the bereaved family. His estranged daughter Su-nam comes back home with her child Flower when she hears of her grandmother’s passing after leaving Jindo 20 years ago. Flower is initially scared of her grandfather, but Duk-bae soon opens his heart to the little girl. Su-nam’s trauma kicks in whenever she hears cicadas' crying that she heard when she witnessed her mother committing suicide as a child. Finally, Duk-bae begins the last Dasiraegi of his life to save Su-nam who has been driven to the cliff of life without any hope.