Yadang: The Snitch (2025)

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Synopsis

Dir: Hwang Byeong-guk. Korean-language Crime/Action. After being falsely accused of drug trafficking, a man (Kang Ha-neul) takes a deal to become a police informant in exchange for a reduced sentence.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, vulgar expressions, and developmental slurs
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand, weapons, and gun violence - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of suicide - no blood, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - no nudity, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of tobacco, alcohol, illegal substance, and intravenous drug use - some detail; frequent references to and portrayals of illegal drug trafficking; brief portrayal of an overdose - some detail

Thematic elements

• Uncovering the truth
• Appearances versus reality
• Loyalty and betrayal

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for substance abuse, violence, coarse language, and sexual content

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