3670 is a 2025 South Korean drama film directed by Park Joon-ho and released in 2025. The film stars Cho Yoo-hyun as Cheol-jun, a North Korean defector living in Seoul who is attempting to find his place in the city's gay community with the help of his new friend Yeong-jun (Kim Hyun-mok).
The film premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in April 2025, and had its Korean premiere at the Jeonju International Film Festival in May. It went into commercial release in September 2025.
Synopsis Cheol-jun, a young North Korean defector, has close friends who are like brothers to him but he lives with a deep loneliness, hiding his identity as a gay man. For the first time in his life, he gathers the courage to step into South Korea's gay community. With the help of Young-jun, a local friend he meets at a casual drinking meetup, Cheol-jun quickly begins to find his place. He grows close to others his age, and his relationship with Hyun-taek, whom he had quietly admired, begins to progress rapidly. However, a small misunderstanding threatens to shake everything Cheol-jun has built within the community. Having crossed to the South in search of freedom, Cheol-jun carries a secret he cannot even share with the friends who are like family to him.
Cast Cho Yoo-hyun as Cheol-jun Kim Hyun-mok as Yeong-jun Cho Dae-hee as Hyeon-taek
Reception
Critical response Pat Mullen of That Shelf wrote that "Joonho Park offers an authentic coming-of-age story in Korea's underground queer community as Cheol-jun navigates love and friendship. This tender portrait intimately explores queer friendships in ways that few films do. It's not a tale of hot hook-ups, lusty encounters, and scenes of finding love through recreational sex. Instead, Park considers the bravery it takes to put oneself out there. The journey towards self-acceptance and self-love entailed before giving, or inspiring, that fateful swipe."
Pierce Conran of ScreenAnarchy wrote that "for most of its running time, 3670 offers a very engaging look at its characters and their environment, but once it tries to wrap its story in the final third, a few unfortunate cracks begin to appear. The plotting gets a little scattered as story beats begin to feel overly engineered with several instances of characters overhearing things at the wrong moment or reaching out to someone at exactly the right time despite weeks of no communication."
Accolades Award ceremony Year Category Recipient(s) Result Baeksang Arts Awards 2026 Best New Director Park Joon-ho Best Screenplay Best New Actor Cho Yoo-hyun Blue Dragon Film Awards 2025 Best New Director Park Joon-ho Best New Actor Cho Yoo-hyun Buil Film Awards 2026 Best New Actor Director's Cut Awards 2026 Best New Director (Film) Park Joon-ho Best Vision (Film) Best New Actor (Film) Cho Yoo-hyun Jeonju International Film Festival 2025 Best Actor Kim Hyun-mok CGV Award Watcha's Award Distribution Support Prize Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2025 Best New Director Park Joon-ho Best New Actor Cho Yoo-hyun Palm Springs International Film Festival 2026 New Voices New Visions Park Joon-ho Vancouver International Film Festival 2025 Audience Award, Spotlight on Korea Wildflower Film Awards 2026 Best New Director
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