Sea of Butterfly
2013, Korean. Directed by Park Bae-il.
Jae-nyun and Woo-young both suffer from brain lesions and have been dating for eight years. Now they face the next step in their life: marriage. They are no different from ordinary couples in Korea when marriage is concerned. Woo-young is forty years old. Ever since his father died, he could no longer delay his marriage with Jae-nyun and openly proposes to her several times. On the other hand, Jae-nyun, who was happy with Woo-young's first marriage proposal, experiences difficulty in giving a definite answer to Woo-young. She is worried about married life. To make matters worse, her future mother-in-law makes an interview of how she accepts Jae-nyun as her daughter-in-law, which suffocates Jae-nyun even more with the patriarchal custom the marriage system hides beneath the surface.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 24 January 2013
- Original title
- 나비와 바다
- Country
- South Korea
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Sea of Butterfly runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Sea of Butterfly isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 24 January 2013. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Sea of Butterfly?
Sea of Butterfly (2013) was directed by Park Bae-il and stars Jae-Nyeon, Wooyoung.