One of the most important trends in today’s Korean films is not having one specific protagonist. Instead of films led by one or two stars, we can often see stars we wouldn’t have expected to see together playing in the same movie and filling the screen. This trend, which started with CHOI Dong-hoon’s The Big Swindle (2004) and The Thieves (2012), has remained at this year’s box office without fail. Most prominent among them is the Along with the Gods series. With a trio of grim reapers who spent 1000 years escorting 48 souls on their journey to reincarnation, King Yeomra who guards the gates of hell, as well as an elderly who refuses to go to the afterlife and the House Guardian God who protects him, this film has a large number of important characters, and since they are given a relatively great importance, the boundary between lead and supporting characters is blurry. There are also cases like 1987: When the Day Comes, which married an important page in Korea’s recent history with a multiple storyline structure. As if to prove that the June Democracy Movement that changed the history of Korea wasn’t spurred by a single person, the film is steeped with a deep affection for a large cast of characters, from YI Han-yeol (GANG Dong-won), whose martyrdom triggered the movement, to a college student (KIM Tae-ri) who, before she knows it, ends up taking part in the student movement, a citizen (YOO Hae-jin) who gives them material and emotional support, a democracy activist who used to be part of the opposition (SUL Kyung-gu), the journalist (LEE Hee-jun) who is determined to discover the truth about the torture and death of PARK Jong-chul, and a prosecutor (HA Jung-woo) who prevented the scandal from being covered up despite pressure from the government. Currently showing long legs with 4,350,304 admissions, Intimate Strangers too features more than a single protagonist. In the film, which tells the story of a housewarming dinner between friends that degenerates into conflict because of a casual game, every character has equal importance, without any of them standing out. Ranking 12th in this year’s box office of Korean films, horror film GONJIAM: Haunted Asylum is also a film with an ensemble cast, giving equal weight to the seven members who engaged in a frightening activity.