As You Stood By (2025)

Overview

Eun-su, a department store employee, witnesses her friend Hee-su suffering horrific domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, Jin-pyo. Realizing they have run out of options, the two women decide to eliminate Jin-pyo and devise a secret murder plot; they plan to fabricate an alibi by using Jang-gang, an illegal immigrant from China who bears a striking resemblance to Jin-pyo.

They hatch a scheme to make it appear as though Jin-pyo has gone into hiding and left the country for China. During the execution of the plan, a physical altercation ensues, and Hee-su strikes Jin-pyo with a snow globe, killing him. After secretly burying the body, Jang-gang leaves the country using Jin-pyo’s identity, and the plan appears to have succeeded.

However, the seemingly perfect crime unravels when Jang-gang returns to Korea and begins blackmailing them for 3 billion won, spiraling into a catastrophe that leads to further incidents and the downfall of those involved…