Cho Chang-ho

A woman who looks after her paralyzed mother while holding down a part-time job decides to kill herself. Meanwhile, a man who works as a police officer—and who, as a child, saw his own mother commit suicide—grapples with the meaning of life. The two decide to make a suicide pact.

A teenager deals with life on his own as his mother lies in a coma.

An escaped convict and a woman, who both contracted HIV from the same man, fall in love.

A story of a filmmaker who falls in love with a woman he interviews for his film. The film presents the evolution of a relationship which shifts from the objective to the subjective, and from lies to truth.

Fantastic Parasuicides is an omnibus film consisting of three short films that come together under the common theme of suicide. The three stories are Hanging Tough, Fly Away Chicken and Happy Birthday by indie directors Chang-ho Cho, Sung-ho Kim and Soo-young Park.