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Directed by Lee Kyoo-man (이규만)

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There were high expectations for the movie “Children...” even before it hit theaters. Although the cast of well-known actors like Park Yong-woo and Seong Dong-il has drawn attention to the film, it is... More

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  • [HanCinema's Film Review] Highest Grossing Korean Films of 2011

    2011/11/26,
    Highest Grossing Korean Films of 2011 2011 has produced a range of successful Korean films that have captured the public's imagination, tugged at their heartstrings, caused a few laughs, and asked some serious questions. Although the year is not quite done, the big films of the year have largely had their say at the box office. This week I wanted to take a look at the top domestic films of 2011 and see just what type of films captured the public's interest in 2011,...More
  • [HanCinema's Film Review] Authority and Power in Korean Cinema

    2011/10/15,
    The representation of authority in modern Korean cinema has me perplexed. The power and agency public organisations should hold is lacking, with institutions being portrayed as weak, incompetent and unprofessional. This is not a judgement but rather an observation that recent films such as "The Crucible" and "Poongsan" have confirmed. Political corruption, police incompetence, and individual responsibility seems to be some of strongest themes running through contemporary Korean cinema. The 2011 film "The Crucible" has sparked outcry from the Korean public as the true-life story, on which is was based, remains unresolved even in this cinematic retelling. The Korean populous has refused to accept the results of the investigation and have sited a number of laws and procedures they want to have change in order to prevent another tragedy from occurring,...More
  • "Memories of Murder", "Voice of Murderer", the power of true movies!

    2011/09/28, Source,
    There are many risks that follow making a movie about a real life event. However, sincerity that can't be found in made up movies and detailed structure based on facts brings great inspiration. One movie that was based on a true story was the 2003 box office hit, "Memories of Murder". It dealt with the mysterious serial killings in the 1980s. Society woke up once again as it revived the grudge of innocent women that were murdered.,...More
  • Korea's total box office dips 2.3%, but local films go up 9.9%

    2011/07/08, Source,
    By KOFIC Korea's box office in the first half of 2011 has dipped 2.3%. From January to June, theaters took in 68.3 million admissions and KW536.4bn (US$507.2m), down from the 69.76 million admissions and KW549.3bn (US$519.4m) in the same period of time in 2010. Last year, 3D films with higher ticket prices led by "Avatar" brought about an increase in box office gross despite a decrease in admissions. This year's 3D tentpoles such as "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" did well at the box office but were not enough to make up for decreasing admissions,...More
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Staff
 Yoo Kab-yeol (유갑열)
 Adaptation/Dramatization
 Kim Joon-seok (김준석)
 Music department
 Lee Jeon-ho (이전호)
 Poster designer
Technics
132 min 35mm Panoramic (1.85)
Web site
www.children2011.co....
Festival(s) & award(s)
Sales or release dates & Box Office
Release date in South Korea : 2011/02/17
South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr
As of 2011.03.27 : 1,867,736 admissions (total)
As of 2011.03.20 : 1,859,660 admissions (total)
As of 2011.03.13 : 1,842,444 admissions (total)
As of 2011.03.06 : 1,755,945 admissions (total)
As of 2011.02.27 : 1,392,025 admissions (total)
As of 2011.02.20 : 774,617 admissions (total)
As of 2011.02.13 : 86,108 admissions (total)
As of 2011.01.30 : 3,241 admissions (total)
Source http://joongangdaily.joins.com

There were high expectations for the movie “Children...” even before it hit theaters. Although the cast of well-known actors like Park Yong-woo and Seong Dong-il has drawn attention to the film, it is the story’s plot that has generated the most interest.

The film is based on a true yet unsolved murder case from the early 1990s that is known among Koreans as the “disappearance of the frog children.” In 1991, five elementary school students told their parents that they were going to hang out on a nearby mountain to catch frogs. They never came back.

In the movie, a TV producer, the devastated parents of the missing children, a professor and a detective all take different stances on the case and in the end one of the parents becomes a primary suspect. In reality, the case morphed into a national scandal.

Director Lee Kyoo-man, a rising star in the Korean film industry, is expected to present a compelling depiction of the case.

But just as the case hurt the parents in real life, the movie could touch off nerves - especially because the film depicts the parents as primary suspects in the case.

In style, “Children...” resembles the 2003 hit “Memories of the Murder,” which was based on another unsolved mystery of a serial killing in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, in the early ’90s.

Audiences familiar with the case may have a difficult time with the plot, which gives the story a fictional ending even though the case remains unsolved to this day.

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