CJ ENM Launches ‘The Boys’ And ‘Hero’ At Busan

CJ ENM, which incorporates Korea’s largest movie producer and distributor, is utilizing the Asian Contents & Movie Market this week to launch a handful of latest titles whereas basking in its latest field workplace and pageant successes.

“The Boys” will get its premiere as a particular screening withing the Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant’s expanded Korean Cinema As we speak part. This crime drama delves into the lives of three teenage boys, falsely accused and jailed for a brutal robbery-murder case. Fifteen years later, they search a retrial in a bid to show their innocence.

The veteran solid line-up consists of Seol Kyung Gu (“Kingmaker”), Yu Jun Sang (“Alongside With The Gods: Two Worlds”), Jin Kyung (“Beasts Clawing At Straws”), Heo Sung Tae (“Hunt,” “Squid Sport”) and Yeom Hye Ran (“Particular Supply”). “The Boys” was directed by Chung Ji Younger, whose notable works embrace “Nationwide Safety” and “Black Cash.” 

Historical past has confirmed freedom comes at a value. Set in Korea within the early 1900s in the course of the Japanese colonial interval, director JK Youn’s “Hero” tells the story of a Korean independence activist in a battle to free his motherland. The movie portrays his ultimate days by music and tune and stars musical actor Chung Sung Hwa and Kim Go Eun (greatest recognized in TV sequence, “Guardian: The Lonely and Nice God” and “Yumi’s Cells”). 

Protecting to the historic theme, with the setting in 1933 is action-espionage movie, “Phantom.” A undercover agent, a part of a Japanese colonization resistance motion group referred to as “Phantoms,” is tasked with assassinating the Governor-Basic and should outwit a entice set with 4 different suspects in a secluded mansion. The story is advised inside a single day. It’s directed by Lee Hae-young (“Believer”) and stars Sul Kyung Gu, Lee Hanee, Park So Dam and Park Hae Soo.

The corporate can also be seeking to do some ultimate offers on two of nits largest business hits from this yr.

The North-South Korean cop buddies reunite for a second time in “Confidential Task 2: Worldwide.” The North Korean detective (performed by Hyun Bin) joins forces along with his South Korean counterpart (performed by Yoo Hai Jin) and a US FBI agent (performed by Daniel Henney) in one other confidential mission. The movie was launched in Korean theaters on Sept. 7, 2022 and has clocked up over 6 million admissions. 

Its “Alienoid” launched in July is a sic-fi-historical-fantasy directed Choi Dong-hoon (“Assassination”). The all-star ensemble solid consists of Ryu Jun-yeol (“The Battle: Roar to Victory”), Kim Woo-bin (“Grasp”), Kim Tae-ri (“Area Sweepers”) and So Ji-sub (“Confession”). 

CJ beforehand introduced that it had struck big numbers of offers on “Dealer” and “Determination to Go away,” its two art-house titles that appeared in competitors in Cannes in Might. “Determination” earned Park Chan-wook one of the best director award and is now set as Korea’s contender for the Oscars.