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The Chaser (Movie - 2008)

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추격자 (Choo-gyeok-ja)

Directed by Na Hong-jin (나홍진)

Screenplay by Na Hong-jin (나홍진)

•Action •Crime •Thriller

123min | Release date in South Korea : 2008/02/14

Synopsis

Ex-cop pimp Jung-ho is irritated because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho... More

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Kim Yoon-seok
김윤석
As
Eom Joong-ho, former police officer
(전직 형사, 엄중호)
Ha Jeong-woo
하정우
As
Ji Yeong-min, serial killer
(연쇄살인범, 지영민)
Seo Yeong-hee
서영희
As
Kim Min-ji
(김미진)
Koo Bon-woong
구본웅
As
Oh-jot
(오좆)
Kim Yoo-jeong
김유정
As
Eun-ji, Min-ji daughter
(미진의 딸, 은지)
Jeong In-gi
정인기
As
Detective Lee
(이 형사)

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Secret Reunion Unseats Avatar (Source)

2010/02/18

Avatar has been knocked off its seven week perch at the top of the box office by spy thriller "Secret Reunion". The SONG Kang-ho starring blockbuster pulled in 741,552 admissions in its first 3 days after opening. Secret Reunion is helmed by up and comer JANG Hoon who joins the ranks of other Korean promising-young-directors such as NA Hong-jin who jumped head first into the box office with his first feature "The Chaser" (2007). JANG Hoon in turn, made his cinematic splash with the KIM Ki-duk produced "Rough Cut" (2008).

Secret Reunion stars SONG Kang-ho ("Thirst" 2009, "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" 2008) whose films always seem to turn to block buster gold. Also starring is KANG Dong-won ("M" 2007) whose current film "JEON WOO CHI : The Taoist Wizard" is number 4 at the box office. SONG plays a secret service agent who is kicked out of the service after pursuing a North Korean spy and failing. Six years later, SONG's character comes across an accomplice of the spy, played by... |More

Na Hong-jin pic "The Murderer" signs investment deal with Fox (Source)

2010/01/19

"The Murderer" director Na Hong-jin

Korean film "The Murderer" has signed on major Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox as one of its co-investors, according to the film's distributor Showbox Mediaplex Co. on Tuesday.

Showbox announced in a press release that the Na Hong-jin helmed pic -- which already has Korean entertainment agency Wellmade Star M as its main investor -- will receive additional funding from Fox, making "The Murderer" the first Korean movie to receive direct investment from the Hollywood studio.

The new business partnership, Showbox explained, will further expand into diverse business opportunities. Fox -- which is owned by media mogul Ruper... |More

Year of the thriller for Korean movies (Source)

2010/01/12

Film insiders excited over new works by three star directors

Hits came from all quarters in Korean cinema last year, with big blockbusters "Take Off" and "Haeundae", auteur films "Thirst" and "Mother - 2009" and indie sleepers "Old Partner" and "Breathless" all filling seats.

Disaster flick "Haeundae" was the first locally made film to top 10 million tickets sold in three years. Industry-wide box office returns hit a record high of 1.08 trillion won ($964 million), about half from Korean-made films.

The state-funded Korean Film Council forecast in a recent report that the local movie market will continue its incremental growth over the next five years, and 2010 is expected to be another bonanza for the local film studios. But the most hotly anticipated movies inside the industry aren't quite as diverse as 2009's top sellers - on the contrary, they're all in a single genre: thriller.

Korea's thriller renaissance, kicked off by "The Chaser" in 2008 and continued by "Secret - ... |More

[PREVIEW] Film "No Mercy" (Source)

2010/01/06

"No Mercy" - Can you have mercy on the film's ending?

Actors Seol Kyeong-gu (left) and Ryoo Seung-beom in "No Mercy" [Cinema Service]

A chopped-up body of a young woman is found at the mouth of the Keum River. Korea's top forensic investigator Kang Min-ho (played by Seol Kyeong-gu) is brought in to look into the cruel, horrendous crime method. His medical advice and detective Min Seo-young's (played by Han Hye-jin) deduction lead to the arrest of a prime suspect -- an environmental activist named Lee Sung-ho (played by Ryoo Seung-beom). Lee's confession wraps up the first part of the movie but this is where the real story of film "No Mercy" begins. Lee Sung-ho, who... |More

2010 Korean Cinema Lineup (Source)

2009/12/27

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

The past year represented hope and revitalization for Korean cinema. While problems such as piracy linger on, the forecast for 2010 cinema appears promising with diverse projects in the making.

Cineastes are finding inspiration from the past and are bringing remakes of Korean classics as well as unique period movies. Big action flicks are gearing up for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War (1950-53) while much-anticipated sequels will cater to fans. Furthermore, a couple of Hollywood projects will head here for shoots.

2009 in Review

Both commercial blockbusters and unique indie films pulled the industry out of a three-year slump and cineastes made their mark near and far.

Kim Choung-ryoul's documentary "Old Partner" rewrote box-office history for the genre, while Yang Ik-joon's "Breathless" made waves by sweeping almost two dozen prizes at international festivals. Park Chan-ok's low-budget drama "Paju" was well-received among critics an... |More

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Showbox (쇼박스)

Staff

Kim Kwon-tae (김권태)
Assistant director

Yoo Sang-seob (유상섭)
Martial arts director

Kim Joon-seok (김준석)
Musician

Shinho Lee (이신호)
Adaptation/Dramatization

Jeong Seung-goo (정승구)
Production department

Seo Yeong-joo (서영주)
Distribution department

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123 min •35mm •Cinemascope (2.35)

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Release date in South Korea : 2008/02/14

South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr

As of 2008.06.01 : 5,071,454 admissions (total)

As of 2008.05.25 : 5,070,732 admissions (total)

As of 2008.05.18 : 5,069,347 admissions (total)

As of 2008.05.11 : 5,066,385 admissions (total)

As of 2008.05.04 : 5,058,411 admissions (total)

As of 2008.04.27 : 5,039,128 admissions (total)

As of 2008.04.20 : 4,994,985 admissions (total)

As of 2008.04.13 : 4,942,911 admissions (total)

As of 2008.04.06 : 4,853,501 admissions (total)

As of 2008.03.30 : 4,703,910 admissions (total)

As of 2008.03.23 : 4,445,287 admissions (total)

As of 2008.03.16 : 4,074,808 admissions (total)

As of 2008.03.09 : 3,533,374 admissions (total)

As of 2008.03.02 : 2,818,333 admissions (total)

As of 2008.02.24 : 1,758,687 admissions (total)

As of 2008.02.17 : 648,548 admissions (total)

Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr

Synopsis

Ex-cop pimp Jung-ho is irritated because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho dents a car in the alley. When Jung-ho spots blood splattered on the driver’s shirt, he senses the man, Young-min, is the suspect. After an intense chase, Jung-ho catches Young-min. But because of Jung-ho’s pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. At the station, the man bluntly confesses he has killed the missing women, and the last girl, Mi-jin, may still be alive. As the whole police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung-ho is the only one who believes Mi-jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung-ho’s hunt begins, searching for Mi-jin entrapped in a place nobody knows.