Broker: A South Korean Drama Film About a Baby-Selling Business

Broker is a 2022 South Korean drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young. The film revolves around a group of people who run a baby-selling business.

The film begins with a young woman named So-young (Lee Ji-eun) leaving her baby at a baby box, a place where infants can be dropped off anonymously to be cared for by others. Two men, Sang-hyeon (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won), take the baby from the baby box and sell it to a couple who are unable to have children of their own.

So-young later has second thoughts about abandoning her baby and returns to the baby box to find it gone. She meets Sang-hyeon and Dong-soo and they agree to help her find her baby. Along the way, they meet a police detective named Soo-jin (Bae Doona) who is investigating their illegal business.

Broker is a complex and moving film that explores themes of family, love, and redemption. The film has been praised for its nuanced portrayal of the characters and its sensitive handling of a difficult subject matter.