[HanCinema's News] Kim Young-min's Newfound Popularity Elevates "Lucky Chan-sil"
By William Schwartz | Published on
The originally low profile movie "Lucky Chan-sil" has been generating better than expected hype ahead of the movie's March 5th release. This is thanks to a prominent role occupied by Kim Young-min, one of the many minor performers in "Crash Landing on You" who received a major popularity boost thanks to that record-breaking television drama.
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Though Kim Young-min has an important role in the movie, he is not the credited lead. The title character is played by Kang Mal-geum in her first leading role. Prior to Kim Young-min's popularity boost, Youn Yuh-jung was the most easily identifiable cast member, as the older woman has long been a fixture in South Korea's entertainment culture.
Meanwhile, "Lucky Chan-sil" deals with a producer who loses her job and is set adrift in the world, struggling to find a purpose to her existence. It's the first feature film from writer/director Kim Cho-hee, who made the short movie "Ladies Of The Forest", which appeared on the festival circuit, where Yoon Yuh-jung also starred.
Written by William Schwartz
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"Lucky Chan-sil" is directed by Kim Cho-hee, and features Kang Mal-geum, Youn Yuh-jung, Kim Young-min, Yoon Seung-ah, Bae Yoo-ram. Release date in Korea: 2020/03/05.
William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea from 2011 to 2021. He is currently located in the Portland metropolitan area. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net, and is open to requests for content in future articles.