Korean Title: Soongmyong
Starring: Song Seung Heon, Park Han Byul, Kwon Sang Woo, Ji Sung
Director: Hae-Gon Kim
Studio: Yedang Entertainment (Korea)
Rating: NR
Genre: Action
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About This DVD
A new evolution in Korean style real action
“Actions are acting, too! No fake acting allowed!”
With delicately planned actions and many cameras rolling at once, along
with carefully calculated editing, the action scenes in films today are becoming
more and more extravagant. But follows the characters’ emotions and catches the
reality of the moment in showing ‘emotional actions’. The actors threw and
received real punches and got endlessly injured. From highly difficult and grand
scaled action to spur of the moment scenes with no set story boards, SONG
Seung-hun and KWON Sang-woo did most the scenes themselves without stunt
doubles. Their passion and dedication to delivering real, emotional actions can
be witnessed in .
Grand scale and spectacular energy
“Once soaked into the emotions, the scale adds to the excitement!”
If the rough sentiments of the back alley world are alive in the story
and the main characters of , the lavish, colorful dynamics of it are maximized
by the spectacular chase and action sequences. The 6 lane roads in front of City
Hall were blocked off during the month long location shoots in Jeju Island, to
capture a blockbuster scaled thrilling car chase scene. And the harbor front
illegal trading climax scene was shot at Soo-young Yachting Bay in Busan and
took a week to perfect. The scene, where the main characters all confront each
other for different reasons, was shot on a yacht, the docks, with motorcycles
and cars, along with dozens of extras in true blockbuster scale. With powerful
and dynamic camera movement, the sharp images promise the audience will be
breath-taken and blown away like never before in other films.
Actor training director KIM Hae-gon and the rediscovery of top stars
“Discovering intense pathos of life from beloved actors!”
SONG Seung-hun, KWON Sang-woo, KIM In-kwon, JI Sung, and PARK Han-byul...Director
KIM Hae-gon takes the leading trendy stars to the nastiest dead-end street of
fate. SONG Seung-hun’s tough beast stained with sadness, KWON Sang-woo’s cold
and dirty malice, KIM In-kwon’s chilling terror, JI Sung’s sharp eyes behind the
smile, and PARK Han-byul’s mature, hollow woman... Director KIM discovers a new
side to the actors and boldly breaks down our existing images of them. Director
KIM’s detailed explanations of the characters’ emotions down to every move
on-shot, with the special passion and dedication from the actors added on top,
made for a synergy-effect that can only be experienced in .
Four friends plot to steal money meant for the rival gang leader with hope of
starting new lives. They follow through and succeed in taking the money but
eventually get caught by the gang when one of the friends betrays. An
arrangement is made so that the leader of the four goes to prison for the rest.
However, when he gets out, he finds that the lives of the friends have turned
for the worst. He wants to forget about the past and move on but finds himself
left with no choice but to revenge.
Audio Format: | DD 5.1, DTS |
Video Format: | Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) |
Languages: | Korean |
Subtitles: | English, Korean |
Country Made: | Korea |
Region Code: | 3 |
Year Made: | 2008 |
Running Time: | 123 |
Special Features: |
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