Countdown (Movie - 2011)

카운트다운 (Ka-woon-teu-da-woon)

Screenplay by Heo Jong-ho (허종호), Lee Hyung-suk-II (이형석)

119min | Release date in South Korea : 2011/09/29

Synopsis
Debt collector Tae Gun-ho, who lost his son five years ago, finds out he has liver cancer. The only way for him to survive is to get a liver transplant in the next 10 days from a woman named Cha Ha-yeon, who apparently has the matching organ. Cha turns out to be a seductive swindler who currently lives in jail, and Tae decides to meet her in person in hopes of saving his own life. Cha agrees to donate part of her liver only if Tae tracks down Cho Myeong-seok, who put her in prison.

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Jung Jae-young
정재영
As
Tae Geon-ho
(태건호)
Jeon Do-yeon
전도연
As
Cha Ha-yeon
(차하연)
Lee Kyung-young
이경영
As
Jo Myeong-seok
(조명석)
Oh Man-seok
오만석
As
Swy
(스와이)
Jung Man-sik
정만식
As
Head of a department Han
(한실장)
Min
민
As
Hyeon-ji
(현지)

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Produced by

Oh Jeong-wan (오정완)

Distribution

Sidus FHN (싸이더스FHN)

Staff

Sin Min-kyeong (신민경)
Editor

Yoo Sang-seob (유상섭)
Martial arts

Jung Gyeo-woon (정겨운)
Directing department

Kim Woo-taek (김우택)
Production department

Yoon Hee-sun (윤희선)
Makeup department

Lee Seung-chul-II (이승철)
Real-time recording

Kim Tae-hoon-II (김태훈)
Computer graphics

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119 min

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Airing dates : 2011/09/29

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

As of 2011.10.23 : 471,631 admissions (total)

As of 2011.10.16 : 464,719 admissions (total)

As of 2011.10.09 : 424,287 admissions (total)

As of 2011.10.02 : 243,420 admissions (total)

As of 2011.09.25 : 42,325 admissions (total)

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