Superpower Girl is a 2017 short fantasy-horror Korean film directed by Soo Young Kim and starring Lee Yoo Mi and Kim Hye Jun.
Two high school girls, Gong Mi-na (Kim) and Meng Ju-ri (Lee) have completely different reputations. Mi-na is the "Superpower Girl" and the top of her class, thus highly respected while Ju-ri is the "No-power Girl", considered largely inferior and is sometimes forgotten about by her classmates. However, everything changes when Ju-ri suddenly gains the ability to sew supernaturally well while Mi-na is unable to close her eyelids and thus sleep.
The film can be watched for free on ALTER's YouTube channel
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The film contains examples of:
- Sleep Deprivation: Due to being unable to close her eyelids, Gong Mi-na can't fall asleep and ends up having deep red eyes as a result.
- Textile Work Is Feminine: One of the classes the all-female students have is sewing class and Meng Ju-ri ends up receiving a supernatural gift to quickly sew high quality products.
