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  • Catharsis Factor: Gang In-ho smashing a vase into Park Bo-hyun's head.
  • Complete Monster:
    • Headmaster Lee Kang-bok and Administration Chief Lee Kang-suk are identical twins whose similar appearances reflect the same amount of evil in one another. As the heads of Benevolence Academy for the deaf, the Lee brothers secretly use their positions to horrifically molest and rape the young girls who attend the school. While Kang-bok enjoys recording his rapes and watching them over and over again, Kang-suk simply bribes the girls with candy and the like, then forcing himself on them even if they refuse. Keeping the kids quiet by threatening death to them and their friends, the Lee brothers also utilize the vicious Mr. Park to bully and abuse any kids who step out of line. When brought to court for their crimes, the Lee brothers first ensure to attack the prosecuting children personally, first claiming they were lying before saying they "wanted it", after which they pay off the judge to get themselves off incredibly light, laughing later about how easy it is to get away with their truly wicked deeds.
    • Mr. Park Bo-hyun is a sadistic teacher who uses his spot in Jae-ae Academy to abuse, beat, and rape any young boys he wishes. Though noted to have targeted several other children in the past, Park's despicable treatment of brothers Jeon Min-soo and Young-soo is particularly depraved, as he often beats and rapes one brother while forcing the other to watch. Even when not engaging in outright molestation, Park brutally beats his students bloody, knowing none will speak out lest they too be assaulted, and his violent nature is so bad that on one occasion he is seen taking up a golf club to use on Min-soo. After his abuse leads to Young-soo committing suicide, Park later evades any major punishment for his crimes due to paying off Min-soo's grandmother to drop the charges against him. When Min-su attempts to stab Park when the sick teacher tries once more to rape him, Park decides to flat out beat the boy to death as payback.
  • Funny Moments: Any scene that features Yu-ri's appetite. The crowner has to be when In-ho and Yujin have taken the three kids for noodles after an upsetting testimony given in court. While Yeon-doo and Minsu haven't touched their noodles, Yu-ri practically has her faced buried in her bowl, a sight which all laugh at.
  • Nightmare Fuel: What can be worse than disabled children being taken advantage of by those entrusted to take care of them through physical and sexual abuse? It really happened.
    • All the rape scenes! The fact that this film doesn't hold back and shows children being raped onscreen...
      • Park Bo-Hyun's rape of Minsu and his younger brother deserve special mention for how utterly depraved it is. Park takes special pleasure in fondling Minsu's younger brother's anus...
  • Retroactive Recognition: Squid Game fans will recognize Yoon Ja-ae (played by Kim Joo-ryoung) as Han Mi-nyeo/Player 212.
  • Squick: The movie is really graphic during the rape scenes.
  • Values Dissonance: Western audiences may be confused by In-ho's slow response to the obvious abuses occurring around him, but as corporal punishment was legal and widespread in South Korean schools until very recently, he's bound to be slow on the uptake.
    • Respect for seniority is also deeply ingrained in Korean culture, which makes it difficult for him to speak out as a newcomer to the institution.

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