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SHOWBOX at Efm 2017 SHOWBOX at efm 2017 CONTACT IN EFM Suite 244, Marriott Hotel T +49 30 22000 - 1166 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 MARKET SCREENING FEB 11 (SAT) 18:55 @ CinemaxX 17 the prison GENRE Crime Action AN EX-COP CONVICT JOINS A CRIME SYNDICATE WITHIN THE PRISON RELEASE Mar, 2017 Yu-gon (KIM Rae-won), troubled former police inspector, is imprisoned for a hit-and-run accident. While inside, he discovers that DIRECTOR NA Hyun the entire penitentiary is controlled by an inmate named Ik-ho (HAN CAST HAN Seok-kyu | The Berlin File / My Paparotti Seok-kyu) who has been running a crime syndicate from within. Soon KIM Rae-won | Gangnam Blues / Sunflower enough, Yu-gon becomes a major part of Ik-ho’s crime empire. Sold Territory : China, North America, Philippines, and Taiwan the mayor GENRE Political Drama ALL AND EVERY ASPECT OF A PERSON PURSUING ONE’S AMBITION RELEASE Q2, 2017 Byeon (CHOI Min-sik), the Mayor of Seoul in his second term, announces his plans to run for mayor again. Despite the help of his DIRECTOR PARK In-je | Moby Dick crafty campaign manager Shim (KWAK Do-won) and a young ad CAST CHOI Min-sik | Lucy / Oldboy prodigy Park (SHIM Eun-kyung), his opposing candidate stays in the KWAK Do-won | Asura : The City of Madness / lead. And soon, the dirty realities of politics soil everyone’s hands. The Wailing SHIM Eun-kyung | Miss Granny / Masquerade Sold Territory : North America and Philippines RV:RESURRECTED VICTIMS GENRE Supernatural Drama VENGEANCE BRINGS THE UNDEAD TO LIFE RELEASE Q2, 2017 Prosecutor Jin-hong (KIM Rae-won)’s dead mother (KIM Hae- sook) returns home and tries to kill him. Surreal cases called RVP DIRECTOR KWAK Kyung-taek | The Classified File / Friend (Resurrected Victims Phenomenon) are reported globally where CAST KIM Rae-won | Gangnam Blues / Sunflower murder victims come back to life to avenge the murderer, and based KIM Hae-sook | The Handmaiden / The Thieves on this, secret agents suspect that Jin-hong is the prime suspect of his mother’s murder. Sold Territory : China, North America, Philippines, and Turkey A TAXI DRIVER GENRE Drama BASED ON A TRUE STORY RELEASE Q3, 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, DIRECTOR JANG Hoon | The Front Line / Secret Reunion he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive CAST SONG Kang-ho | Snowpiercer / The Thirst down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist Thomas Kretschmann | Wanted / King Kong (Thomas Kretschmann) with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the YOO Hai-jin | Luck-key / Veteran job. RYU Jun-yeol | The King / Socialphobia Sold Territory : North America and Philippines completed Luck-key GENRE Comedy Drama A HIT MAN WAKES UP WITH AMNESIA TO A SWITCHED LIFE RELEASE Oct 13, 2016 Hyung-wook (YOO Hai-jin), an infamous killer, slips on soap at a public bath and passes out, while Jae-sung (LEE Joon) who witnesses the DIRECTOR LEE Gae-byok | The Beast and the Beauty accident switches his locker key with the killer’s. Later, Hyung-wook CAST YOO Hai-jin | Veteran / The Classified File wakes up, but with amnesia and the only clue he has on him show that LEE Joon | Rough Play / Ninja Assassin he’s a totally broke nameless actor. CHO Yoon-hee | The Magician / The Con Artists IM Ji-yeon | The Treacherous / Obsessed Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North America, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and world in-flight vanishing time:A BOY WHO RETURNED GENRE Fantasy Drama A MYSTERIOUS CASE OF MISSING BOYS LOST IN TIME RELEASE Nov 16, 2016 13-year-old Su-rin (SHIN Eun-su) and her only friend Sung-min (GANG Dong-won) discover a magical egg holding a time-eating DIRECTOR UM Tae-hwa | INGtoogi : The Battle of Internet Trolls monster with their friends in a cave. The boys take the egg out of the CAST GANG Dong-won | Master / A Violent Prosecutor cave then disappear, leaving Su-rin behind. While the police search for SHIN Eun-su | feature debut the missing boys, a mysterious man shows up and tells Su-rin that he is Sung-min. Sold Territory : Australia & New Zealand, Brunei, China, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, North America, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, and world in-flight.
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