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집행자 (Jib-haeng-ja)

Directed by Choi Jin-ho (최진호)

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Premiering at the 14th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF), "The Executioner" imagines what would happen if the death penalty were resumed. Unfortunately, the process involves more than j... More

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  • (81) Executions in the streets

    2012/06/09, Source,
    By Robert Neff Executions were a fairly common occurrence during the troubled period of the late Joseon era. They were generally performed outside of the city and the condemned were paraded through the streets ― tied to small sedan chairs, or tied to wooden crosses mounted on small carts ― with wooden placards describing their crimes placed around their necks or on the carts. Children hurled stones and filth at the condemned while the adults jeered and laughed at them,...More
  • CJ Entertainment America Presents "Helpless"

    2012/04/10, Source,
    Dark Horse Korean Hit at the Gate in the U.S. LOS ANGELES, CA (April 9, 2012) – CJ Entertainment America is launching the moody Korean thriller "Helpless" on April 20, 2012 as an exclusive engagement for Los Angeles at the CGV Cinemas, with national dates expected for early May. The film was a critical darling and unexpected box office champion for two consecutive weeks when it was released in Korea earlier this year. - Russell Edwards, Variety "...The film never ceases to compel. As the layers of deceit are peeled back, Byeon seems in complete command of her material. A key demonstration of her narrative dexterity is the way she flaunts an audacious 'Chinatown'-like clue to the missing woman's whereabouts without pre-empting the climax",...More
  • Kings, Kims and chaebol

    2012/01/14, Source,
    By Andrew Salmon On the face of it, Korea's last royal dynasty, the House of Yi, fell in 1910. Since then the peninsula has suffered a traumatic colonization; division into two republics; a civil, then international war; and ongoing division. Since the war, the two competing republics have moved in radically different directions. One wrote the 20th century's greatest national success story; the other drove a national train wreck. Given the wealth of incident that has rocked the peninsula since the Yis exited, observers might conclude that Korean royals have disappeared forever from the pages of history,...More
  • Yoon Kye-sang holds birthday party fan meeting

    2010/12/23, Source,
    Korean singer and actor Yoon Kye-sang at his birthday party fan meeting on December 21. [MyNameIs Entertainment] Korean singer and actor Yoon Kye-sang celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, holding a fan meeting for the event with over 200 fans in attendance. His agency MyNameIs Entertainment announced in a press release today that Yoon met with fans from Korea and Japan for his fan meeting titled "2010 Closer to you____n" on December 19,...More
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 Produced by
 Jo Seon-mook (조선묵)
Staff
 Kim Sun-min (김선민)
 Editor
 Choi Jin-ho (최진호)
 Adaptation/Dramatization
 Oh Seok-geun (오석근)
 Production department
 David Cho (조성규)
 Production department
 Jang Youn-Jung (장윤정)
 Make-up
 Yoo Sang-seob (유상섭)
 Martial arts
 Kim Min-ho (김민호)
 Martial arts team
Technics
96 min 35mm Cinemascope (2.35)
Web site
www.hangman.co.kr/...
Festival(s) & award(s)
Sales or release dates & Box Office
Release date in South Korea : 2009/11/05
South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr
As of 2010.01.03 : 390,888 admissions (total)
As of 2009.11.29 : 382,000 admissions (total)
As of 2009.11.22 : 367,993 admissions (total)
As of 2009.11.15 : 322,909 admissions (total)
As of 2009.11.08 : 194,077 admissions (total)
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Premiering at the 14th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival (PIFF), "The Executioner" imagines what would happen if the death penalty were resumed. Unfortunately, the process involves more than just greasing up the rusty execution equipment. On the final day, executioners discover that they are not simply carrying out a routine but changing the course of life. They continue the grueling job, but something in the executioners' hearts bother them as time goes by.

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