Choked (2012)

Choked 2012 / 가시 2012 / Gashi

It's been a year since Hee Soo vanished along with every penny of the family's money. Youn Ho who works at a reconstruction companym ignores his mother's existence and yearns for a new life with his loving fiance, Se Kyung. Single mother Seo Hee shows up asking Youn Ho for the money his mother borrowed despite once thinking of Hee Soo as a mother figure. His mother's debtors' claims for payment become more and more aggressive, but Youn Ho lacks the means, or the will, to compensate for their losses. The persistent Seo Hee, however, proposes a deal: she'll drop any charges if Youn Ho agrees to meet his mother with her. Come meeting day, Seo Hee doesn't have any success, but Youn Ho witnesses Hee Su's frantic flight. Upon their return to Seoul, Seo Hee hears that Hee Soo has turned herself to police. Seo Hee visits Hee Soo in jail and receives the devastating news that she will never get her money back. Meanwhile, things get worse for Youn Ho: he resorts to shady business practices in order to get an apartment and Se Kyung ends their relationship. Eventually, Hee Soo comes home, not with her family but with Seo See, while Youn Ho hits rock bottom when he is physically attacked by a boy he had swindled.