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SHOWBOX at AFM 2017 SHOWBOX at AFM 2017 CONTACT IN AFM Suite 455, Loews Hotel EXECUTIVES ATTENDING Judy AHN | Head of Int’l Business E [email protected] Luna H.Y. KIM | SVP of Int’l Sales E [email protected] Dana KIM | Assistant Manager of Int’l Sales E [email protected] To set up a meeting, please e-mail us at [email protected] UPCOMING TITLES THE SWINDLERS GENRE Crime Drama A TEAM OF SWINDLERS HUNT DOWN A CON MAN BUT WITH SECRET MOTIVES RELEASE Nov, 2017 A con man who had been reported dead after committing a historical JANG Chang-won | feature debut DIRECTOR fraud case is rumored to be alive. Prosecutor Park (YOO Ji-tae) who CAST HYUN Bin | Confidential Assignment / Late Autumn was in collusion with the con man needs to eliminate him to avoid a YOO Ji-tae | Split / Oldboy corruption scandal. During his pursuit of the con man, he meets Ji- sung (HYUN Bin) who is also after the same man for a personal revenge. Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, Hong Kong & Macau, Japan, North America, Realizing their mutual goals, they decide to team up, but with hidden Philippines, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and world in-flight motives. PROMO AT BOOTH GONJIAM:HAUNTED ASYLUM GENRE Horror EXPERIENCE THE HORROR AT ONE OF KOREA’S MOST HAUNTED LOCATIONS RELEASE 2018 An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their ‘experience DIRECTOR JUNG Bum-shik | Horror Stories / Epitaph the horror’ show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as CAST MUN Ye-won PARK Ji-hyun one of the ‘7 freakiest places on the planet’ by CNN. They are to explore PARK Sung-hun OH Ah-yeon the haunted asylum and stream it live on the show. To attract more YOO Je-yoon LEE Seung-wook viewers, the show hosts play tricks on the guests, but things start to get out of hand when they are inside the place. WI Ha-jun Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia & Brunei, Myanmar, North America, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and United Kingdom RECENT TITLES RV:RESSURECTED VICTIMS GENRE Supernatural Drama VENGEANCE FOR THE UNPUNISHED BRINGS THE DEAD TO LIFE RELEASE Oct 12, 2017 Jin-hong (KIM Rae-won) is a cold-hearted prosecutor who’s set on catching the culprit that killed his mother (KIM Hae-sook). One day, his DIRECTOR KWAK Kyung-taek | The Classified File / Friend dead mother returns home and tries to kill him. Surreal cases called CAST KIM Rae-won | The Prison / Gangnam Blues RVP (Resurrected Victims Phenomenon) are reported globally where KIM Hae-sook | The Handmaiden / The Thieves murder victims come back to life to avenge the murderer, and based on this, secret agents suspect that Jin-hong is the prime suspect of his Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, China, Japan, North America, Philippines, mother’s murder. Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and world in-flight MEMOIR OF A MURDERER GENRE Thriller Drama REMEMBER THE KILLER, REMEMBER TO PROTECT YOUR DAUGHTER RELEASE Sep 6, 2017 A former serial killer Byung-su (SEOL Kyung-gu) gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and when a series of murders occur near his town, he DIRECTOR WON Shin-yun | The Suspect / 7 Days worries whether the killings are his doings. Then, he comes across CAST SEOL Kyung-gu | The Merciless / Silmido / Oasis Tae-ju (KIM Nam-gil) and realizes that he’s the killer. He reports this KIM Nam-gil | Pandora / The Shameless / The Pirates to the police, only to learn that Tae-ju is one. Byung-su tries to find KIM Seol-hyun | Gangnam Blues evidence against Tae-ju, only to raise the young killer’s interest on him and his dear daughter (KIM Seol-hyun). Sold Territory : Africa, Australia & New Zealand, China, France, Japan, North America, Philippines, Poland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and world in-flight A TAXI DRIVER Official South Korean Oscar® Entry GENRE Drama BASED ON TRUE EVENTS, AN UNTOLD STORY OF A TAXI DRIVER RELEASE Aug 2, 2017 May, 1980. Man-seob (SONG Kang-ho) is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he DIRECTOR JANG Hoon | The Front Line / Secret Reunion hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down CAST SONG Kang-ho | Snowpiercer / Thirst to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist (Thomas Thomas Kretschmann | Wanted / King Kong Kretschmann) with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job. YOO Hai-jin | Luck-key / Veteran RYU Jun-yeol | The King / Socialphobia Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, China, Hong Kong & Macau, Indonesia, Japan, Latin America, Malaysia & Brunei, North America, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, and world in-flight.
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