Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (가려진 시간) is a South Korean fantasy directed by Uhm Tae-hwa and starring Gang Dong-won and Shin Eun-soo, which screened at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2017. Five children go to the mountains; one comes back a man. Our verdict: the ending raises more questions than it answers.
“Five children go to the mountains; magically, one comes back a man,” is the given synopsis for the film, Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (Kor: 가려진 시간), starring Gang Dong-won and directed by Uhm Tae-hwa, which is being featured as one of the films from South Korea at the New York Asian Film Festival this year.