Over de ramp met de gezonken Koreaanse veerboot Sewol, waarbij ruim driehonderd doden vielen, zijn al eerder documentaires gemaakt. Maar waar andere films aan de hand van interviews met betrokkenen vooral ingingen op de schuldvraag, richt In the Absence zich geheel op de gebeurtenis zelf – met veel beelden en geluidsopnamen van die bewuste dag. Al snel wordt duidelijk dat niemand de leiding neemt...
Nee, helaas is 부재의 기억 nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Yi Seung-jun | Director |
| Production | Gary Byung-seok Kam | Producer |
| Editing | Todd Chandler | Editor |
| Production | Laura Poitras | Executive Producer |
| Production | Charlotte Cook | Executive Producer |
| Production | Park Bong-nam | Producer |
| Editing | Yi Seung-jun | Editor |
| Production | Yi Seung-jun | Producer |
| Camera | Yi Seung-jun | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Park Bong-nam | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lee Hae-nee | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Nah Joon-taek | Sound Supervisor |
| Production | Oh Hyun-ju | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Hwang Myung-su | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Han Kyung-soo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Park Seong-jun | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Park Hyuck-jee | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Kim Sung-mook | Thanks |
| Crew | Park Joo-min | Thanks |
