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My First Client

2019 · 114 min · Director: Kyu-sung Jang, Jang Kyu-sung ★ IMDb 7.4 · 1,758 ratings

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Based on a real crime that happened in 2013: a 10-year-old girl confesses that she killed her little brother by beating him up. An unsuccessful lawyer who started working at a regional children's center, met these siblings before it happened, but he wanted success as a lawyer and cared none for children's welfare. He left the area after he got hired at a big law firm, but he decided to give up his future, and came back to sincerely help the girl in her misery.

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My First Client (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Sadness 25%, Guilt 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Sadness, Guilt. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Sadness and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Empathy
Sadness
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Disturbing33 %23 %13 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Hope38 %26 %13 %13 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Tension45 %34 %20 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Empathy53 %48 %33 %34 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Empathy53 %54 %34 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Empathy51 %51 %30 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Empathy60 %57 %40 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Empathy68 %65 %51 %48 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Empathy71 %68 %56 %60 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Disturbing85 %80 %74 %78 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Sadness94 %90 %89 %84 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Sadness89 %85 %83 %78 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Disturbing83 %75 %68 %73 %
67.5 %≈ 77′Tension83 %74 %60 %73 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Tension86 %76 %60 %75 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Tension84 %75 %60 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 94′Empathy86 %83 %66 %57 %
87.5 %≈ 100′Empathy94 %93 %80 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Sadness96 %93 %89 %81 %
97.5 %≈ 111′Sadness92 %88 %88 %73 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LD
Lee Dong-hwi

LD
Lee Dong-hwi

Jung-yeop

SY
Seon Yu

YS
Yu Seon

Ji-suk

CM
Choi Myung-bin

CM
Choi Myeong-bin

Da-bin

LJ
Lee Joo-won

Min-jun

KS
Koh Soo-hee

Mi-ae

Seo Jeong-yeon

Moon-jeong

WH
Won Hyun-jun

Jong-nam

LN
Lee Na-ra

So-jeong

JJ
Jung Jun-won

Gun-woo

LH
Lee Hyun-kyun

Byung-ju

LJ
Lee Ji-hoon

Hyun-seok

LB
Lee Bom

Homeroom Teacher

JH
Jung Hee-tae

Dong-cheol

JE
Jeon Eun-mi

Clerk

HH
Han Hee-jung

Child Welfare Center Employee

YH
Yang Hee-won

Jun-ho

HS
Heo Seung

Next door neighbor

PJ
Park Ji-seo

Da-bin’s friend

MH
Min Hyo-gyeong

Child Welfare Center Employee

SG
Son Gwang-ik

Civilian in Front of Supermarket

Details

Directed by
Kyu-sung Jang, Jang Kyu-sung
Written by
Kyu-sung Jang, Kyung-Eun Min, Min Kyung-eun
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
114 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 1,758 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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