Closed Ward (2019)

Both movies are about Psychiatry ward. Young couple. There are sadness and funny moment. Human passion, live life, connection, how they were treated inhuman and lost dignity

Yeong Goon works at manufacturing plant assembling radios. She also has a secret... Yeong Goon believes she is a cyborg. One day, while working at the factory, she decides to re-charge herself by slashing her wrist and implanting electrical wires into her arm. Her action gets Yeong Goon a ticket to New World, a mental hospital full of interesting characters. At New World, Yeong Goon spends her time listening to the radio, talking to vending machines, and licking the terminals of 9 volt batteries. She soon encounters a man named Il Sun. Formerly an electrician, Il Sun is a 'thief of souls' in the mental hospital. He believes that he has the power to steal the characteristics of other people. Yeong Goon and Il Sun soon form a strong bond as their odd personalities complements each other perfectly.

Both films take place in a mental hospital and show the strong friendships that are formed amongst patients.

- Psychiatric hospital setting - Unexpected friendship between patients - Exploitation of the weak, specifically rape and sexual assault - Sensitive portrayal of mental health and institutionalisation - Presents a disturbing reality of how these patients are tossed aside by family and damaged by 'normal' people. - Brilliant performances by the cast

Shugo Hayami is a doctor at a nursing hospital, which was once a psychiatric hospital. One evening, when Shugo Hayami is on night duty, a man in pierrot mask breaks into the hospital and he is not alone. He is with Hitomi Kawasaki. She is a university student and she has been shot by the masked man. The masked man tells Shugo Hayami to treat Hitomi Kawasaki. He also takes hostage the 64 people in the hospital. Soon, Shugo Hayami and Hitomi Kawasaki try to escape from the hospital and they encounter mysterious cases one at a time.