The Preparation (Movie - 2017)

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  Go Doo-shim
  고두심
  As
  Ae-soon
  (애순)
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  Kim Sung-kyun
  김성균
  As
  In-gyoo
  (인규)
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  Yoo Sun
  유선
  As
  Moon-kyeong
  (문경)
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  Park Chul-min
  박철민
  As
  Subsection chief Park
  (박계장)
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  Kim Hee-jung-II
  김희정
  As
  Jeong-ja
  (정자)
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  Kim Ha-yun-I
  김하연
  As
  Mi-sol
  (미솔)

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  Korean Movie of the Week "The Preparation"
  2019/02/07, Source
  Korean movie of the week "The Preparation" (2017) Directed by Cho Young-jun With Go Doo-shim, Kim Sung-kyun, Yoo Sun, Park Chul-min, Kim Hee-jung-II, Kim Ha-yun-I,... Synopsis A warm view of a mother who is diagnosed with terminal cancer prepares herself to leave her family and her son who is intellectually disabled,...More

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  [Just out on DVD] Korean Movie "The Preparation"
  2018/03/22, Source
  Korean movie "The Preparation" is available to order on DVD with English subtitles from YESASIA,...More

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  [Upcoming DVD Releases] Korean Movie "The Preparation" and Documentary "Farming Boys"
  2018/03/13, Source
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  [HanCinema's Digest] Cinema Snippets
  2018/01/28
  Film journalist and critic Pierce Conran reviews Jang Joon-hwan's "1987: When the Day Comes" on Modern Korean Cinema, Christopher Weatherspoon investigates the evolution of Korean fantasy on KoBiz, more Korean theatres embracing stories about the socially disadvantaged, and Netflix makes more moves to ride the K-wave,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.12.15 - 2017.12.17
  2017/12/18
  "The Last Jedi" no match for timely "Steel Rain"... In December 2013, Yang Woo-seok's debut film "The Attorney" was released and went on to earn just over $88 million (12.1 million admissions). Now, almost exactly four years later, Yang's second feature, "Steel Rain" (starring Jung Woo-sung and Kwak Do-won), has entered the fray in front, easily outplaying the much-anticipated "Star Wars: The Last Jedi",...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.15 ~ 2017.12.17
  2017/12/17, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.15 ~ 2017.12.17 The number one movie this week is "Steel Rain" (강철비),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.12.08 - 2017.12.10
  2017/12/11
  "The Swindlers", "Forgotten", and Korea's favourite little penguin take the podium... Jang Chang-won's debut film "The Swindlers" enjoyed its third consecutive weekend at the top of the box office by claiming another 418,141 admissions, 23.84% of the sales. Since its release late last month, Jang's action drama has held off cinematic challenges both foreign and domestic to remain Korea's number one. The film stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana, and Ahn Se-ha in a story about a conman who schemes to outplay an even bigger swindler. With a total take now of $26.7 million (3.78 million admissions), "Swindlers" is the twelfth highest-grossing film of the year,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.08 ~ 2017.12.10
  2017/12/10, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.08 ~ 2017.12.10 The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼),...More

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  [Photos + Video] The Mayor of Seoul Enjoys "The Preparation"
  2017/12/04, Source
  Kim Sung-kyun is carefree in the newest stills for "The Preparation", a movie that reflects a dying mother's love and that the Mayor of Seoul watched with the people of Seoul,...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.12.01 - 2017.12.03
  2017/12/04
  "Swindlers" holds the top spot and moves into the top twenty... Writer/director Jang Chang-won's debut "Swindlers" retained the top spot and swiftly moved into the year's top twenty as its earnings swell to $21.5 million (3.05 million admissions). Over this past weekend, its second, the 117-minute action drama -- which stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana and Ahn Se-ha -- came away with 671,665 admissions (36.27%) from just over 1,000 screens nationwide (down from 1,314),...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.01 ~ 2017.12.03
  2017/12/03, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.12.01 ~ 2017.12.03 The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.11.23 - 2017.11.25
  2017/11/27
  "The Swindlers" puts local films back on top; "Justice League" falters... "The Swindlers", Jang Chang-won first solo project as director, arrived on Wednesday and dominated its first weekend out by capturing 61.85% of the sales. The 117-minute action film stars Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-tae, Bae Sung-woo, Park Sung-woong, Nana, and Ahn Se-ha and follows a charlatan who spins a complex scheme to catch a fellow con man. From 1,313 screens, Jang's debut claimed 1.2 million admissions ($9 million), which deny DC's "Justice League" a second weekend at the top,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.24 ~ 2017.11.26
  2017/11/26, Source
  The number one movie this week is "The Swindlers" (꾼),...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.11.17 - 2017.11.19
  2017/11/20
  "Justice League" ends "Ragnarok"'s reign as foreign films continue to flourish... Zack Snyder's much-anticipated "Justice League" brings together five of DC's front-running superheroes - Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg - and it didn't come cheap: costing $300 million, "Justice League" is the most expensive superhero film ever produced, and, along with "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", the second most expensive film overall. The film was released in Korea last Wednesday and quickly overthrew Marvel's latest, "Thor: Ragnarok", at the top of the chart. From 1,308 screens, Snyder's "Justice League" came away with 47.87% of the sales, or 818,401 admissions ($6.3 million),...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.17 ~ 2017.11.19
  2017/11/19, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.17 ~ 2017.11.19 The number one movie this week is "Justice League",...More

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  [HanCinema's Film Review] "The Preparation"
  2017/11/18
  Can mentally challenged adults survive on their own? Elderly mother Ae-soon (played by Go Doo-shim), rather understandably, is skeptical of the prospect. She has had to take care of In-gyoo (played by Kim Sung-kyun) her whole life, and he never appears to have advanced beyond the mentality of a spoiled child. In "The Preparation" Ae-soon is forced, through the plot device of her own mortality, to confront the possibility that she's wrong. Really it's more of a hope, considering how awful the alternatives are,...More

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  [Video] Celebrities moved by Korean movie "The Preparation"
  2017/11/14, Source
  Celebrities recommend "The Preparation",...More

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  [HanCinema's Box Office Review] 2017.11.10 - 2017.11.12
  2017/11/13
  "Ragnarok" rules again... "Thor: Ragnarok" secured a third straight week at the top of the Korean box office this past weekend. Released late October, the third "Thor" film in Marvel's Cinematic Universe dislodged the local sleeper hit "The Outlaws" after Chuseok, and now, with the 465,780 admissions (25.89%) it claimed here, "Thor: Ragnarok" has banked $30.9 million (4.2 million admissions) in Korea alone. Worldwide, Taika Waititi's more comedic version of the popular Marvel franchise has grossed $650 million: currently the tenth highest-grossing film of 2017,...More

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  [Video] Audiences were touched by "The Preparation"
  2017/11/13, Source
  The cast is buffed up and the audiences are loving "The Preparation". Check it out on HanCinema,...More

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  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.10 ~ 2017.11.12
  2017/11/12, Source
  Korean Box Office for the Weekend 2017.11.10 ~ 2017.11.12 The number one movie this week is "THOR: RAGNAROK",...More

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  Korean movies opening today 2017/11/09 in Korea
  2017/11/09, Source
  Korean movies opening today 2017/11/09 in Korea: "To Be Sixteen", "Where is your hometown?", "The Preparation", "Happy Bus Day", "Special Lady", and "Communication and Lies",...More

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  Kim Young-jae to star in "Remain"
  2017/11/06, Source
  Kim Young-jae is starring in the movie "Remain". "Remain" is a movie about a woman who is a wife and a dance professor who suffers from anorgasmia, a handicapped but appealing student of hers, and her aspermic husband. Kim Young-jae plays husband Park Se-hyeok and his wife is Han Soo-yeon played by Lee Ji-yeon-I.,...More

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  [Video] A day in the life of a dedicated mother in preparation for "The Preparation"
  2017/11/03, Source
  Go Doo-shim plays a dedicated mother who knows she won't be around much longer in "The Preparation". Although the premise is sad, she most definitely won't be living out the rest of her days in boredom as she deals with daily life, preparing for her departure, and the daily antics of family and friends,...More

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  [Video] Mother and son are adorable in highlight teaser for "The Preparation"
  2017/11/01, Source
  A mother and her son with intellectual disabilities have a loving relationship - which is also full of funny (although sometimes not-so-fun) daily antics,...More

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  [Photos] Go Doo-shim makes the best of the time she has left for "The Preparation"
  2017/10/27, Source
  The stills that just released for "The Preparation" are tinged with sadness as the adults realize what the future holds. But at the same time, this mother (played by Go Doo-shim) is determined to make the best of it,...More

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  [Video] Uplifting trailer for "The Preparation
  2017/10/18, Source
  The backtrack for "The Preparation" is the sort of joyous string sound one often hears in sports dramas. It is the same idea for a mother diagnosed with a terminal illness who is teaching and cheering for her son with an intellectual disability to live happily and well when she is gone. Although the premise is sad, the trailer seems to want us to enjoy life in the moment even when we prepare for the future,...More

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  [Photo] Precious mother and son poster released for "The Preparation"
  2017/10/16, Source
  Each bit of promotional material for the "The Preparation" is just heartbreaking. The smiles are the sign of true happiness that is threatened by a mother's terminal disease. If this movie can weave together the mother and son relationship along with the rest of the family, friend, and neighbor dynamics, the heartbreak will be worth it,...More

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  [Photos] Stirring stills added for "The Preparation"
  2017/09/29, Source
  "The Preparation" really looks like a heartbreaker that will make us both laugh and cry. Go Doo-shim is always stellar and I look forward to the versatile Kim Sung-kyun taking on the role of a man with intellectual disabilities who loves his mother, and from what I can gather in these photos, he also loves life,...More

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  [Photo] Poignant new poster for "The Preparation"
  2017/09/25, Source
  The way that Go Doo-shim is looking at Kim Sung-kyun in the poster for "The Preparation" just breaks my heart. He is clueless that she is watching him with love and heartache as she prepares to leave him alone in the world. I'm not crying, I swear. Just have something in my eye,...More

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  [Video] Mother and son bond in this trailer for "The Preparation"
  2017/09/22, Source
  This first teaser trailer for "The Preparation" is positively heart-warming. Go Doo-shim and Kim Sung-kyun have struck up a tight-knit relationship as mother and son. Kim Sung-kyun may be playing a man with intellectual disabilities, but to me they just look like a loving family. The thread of sadness pulling the heart strings is made of the sad truth that Go Doo-shim is preparing her son to live without her because she has a terminal diagnosis. But that isn't made very apparent in this trailer. Instead, we see love,...More

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  [Photos] Sweet stills and poster added for "The Preparation"
  2017/09/15, Source
  A mother prepares herself for leaving her family after receiving a terminal diagnosis in "The Preparation". It seems like a sad premise, but the film is promoted as being warm as well. I anticipate to cry and laugh with Go Doo-shim at the helm, playing a mother who loves her family so much that she carefully prepares for when she is no longer there. Rather than passing, she will leave a legacy,...More

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  Upcoming Korean movie "The Preparation"
  2017/05/27, Source
  Added the upcoming Korean movie "The Preparation"'s page to HanCinema database,...More