After an organ transplant, five ordinary people discover strange tattoos on their bodies and some newly acquired unique superpowers. Their lives might have been golden, but one more organ was donated and its recipient wants to rule them all. Hi-energy, hi-fun and hi-five.
On that day, they didn’t walk into a bar. Instead, a daughter of a taekwondo trainer, an aspiring writer, a yoghurt ‘Fresh Manager,’ a construction foreman and an unemployed hipster received an organ transplant from a mysterious donor and along with the transplant, they gained a mysterious tattoo. And superpowers. Their lives might have been golden, if not for one more organ receiver – a rich cult leader with a casual god complex, who wants to harvest all the organs for himself and become immortal. Always a catch, right? Well, the game is on, and the five are not gonna give the world up.
Kang Hyeong-cheol is no stranger to fun, and Hi-Five once again proves he knows the rules and how to play them. A dynamite cast including Yoo Ah-In, Ra Mi-ran, Lee Jae-in, Ahn Jae-hong and Kim Hee-won juggle witty dialogue in this high-octane action fare that winks at mou lei tau, and has an electrifying soundtrack that adds another level of bboom bboom. Energetic, entertaining and eye-catching, Hi-Five is a joyride superhero spectacle.
– kijA
Film details
Country of production
South Korea
Year
2025
Festival edition
IFFR 2026
Length
119'
Medium/Format
DCP
Language
Korean
Premiere status
Dutch Premiere
Principal cast
Lee Jae-in, Ahn Jae-hong, Yoo A-hin, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Hie-won, Oh Jung-se, Park Jin-young, Gu Shin