SHOWBOX AT HONG KONG FILMART 2013 CONTACT IN HONG KONG STAND 1D-E19, HKCEC EXECUTIVE ATTENDEES Judy AHN / Head of Int’l Business M +82 (0)10 4939 6947 E [email protected] Soojin JUNG / VP・Int’l Business M +82 (0)10 6342 4151 E [email protected] Sonya KIM / General Manager・Sales & Festival M +82 (0)10 3387 5448 E [email protected] Eugene KIM / Assistant Manager・Marketing & Festival M +82 (0)10 6594 0610 E [email protected] MARKET PREMIERE MARKET SCREENING 18 Mar (Mon) 12:00 HKCEC Meeting Room N202-203 VIEW TRAILER Strange things begin to happen to Kwang-ho, a famous mob in town, MAN ON THE EDGE after he is stabbed in the hand during a fight. He concludes that the path of a shaman is the only solution to his problems, and lives as GENRE Comedy, Drama RUNNING TIME 128 min a mob by night and as a shaman by day. He's now known as ‘veiled RELEASE DATE Jan 9, 2013 shaman’ and even ghosts visit him for help. While Kwang-ho leads DIRECTED BY JO Jin-kyu (MY WIFE IS A GANGSTER 1&3) a dangerous double life, he begins to sympathize with a child ghost STARRING PARK Shin-yang (tv- SIGN / tv- LOVERS IN PARIS / HI, DHARMA!) named Su-min. When Kwang-ho is about to help Su-min, his cover is blown and is attacked by a rival gang. Will Kwang-ho be able to fulfill Su-min's wish? MARKET SCREENING 19 Mar (Tue) 14:00 HKCEC Meeting Room N202-203 VIEW TRAILER Sang-jin was a promising young singer who now works as a high school MY PAPAROTTI music teacher after suffering from vocal cord tumor. His ordinary life is suddenly rattled when Jang-ho, a local teen hooligan is transferred to GENRE Drama RUNNING TIME 123 min his school. Jang-ho is a constant source of headache, but upon hearing RELEASE Mar 14, 2013 Jang-ho’s singing voice, he realizes the boy’s true talent and decides to DIRECTED BY YOON Jong-chan (I AM HAPPY / BLUE SWALLOW) help develop it. However when an unexpected conflict arises between STARRING HAN Suk-kyu (THE BERLIN FILE / WHITE NIGHT / FORBIDDEN QUEST) two rival gangs, Jang-ho is forced into a crisis. Will Jang-ho overcome LEE Je-hoon (GHOST SWEEPERS / ARCHITECTURE 101 / THE FRONT LINE) the obstacles and fulfill his destiny as a world-class singer? UPCOMING FOOTAGE AVAILABLE AT BOOTH Wei Wei grew up in the circus with a bat-swinging gorilla named MR. GO Ling Ling. In order to pay her grandfather’s debt, she has no choice GENRE Drama, Comedy, Sports but to accept sports agent Sung’s proposal to bring Ling Ling to the RUNNING TIME In Post-Production Korean Baseball League. Despite serious doubts and ridicule from RELEASE July, 2013 the league, Ling Ling, now dubbed ‘MR. GO’, becomes an instant hit, DIRECTED BY KIM Yong-hwa (TAKE OFF / 200 POUNDS BEAUTY / OH! BROTHERS) hitting one home run after another and propelling his floundering STARRING XU Jiao (STARRY STARRY NIGHT / CJ7) team to the playoffs. However, the rise to stardom is met with SUNG Dong-il (THE CLIENT / TAKE OFF / 200 POUNDS BEAUTY) unexpected troubles and MR. GO must now face adversaries beyond his control. PROMO AVAILABLE AT BOOTH As a child, Jin-ok witnessed the murder of her father and narrowly THE HUNTRESSES escaped death. She is taken under the wings of Mu-myeong, the man who saved her life, and trains in martial arts alongside two other girls. GENRE Action, Comedy RUNNING TIME In Post-Production 10 years have passed and the girls are now Joseon's best bounty RELEASE 2Q 2013 hunters. One day, Jin-ok is asked to take on a case for a handsome DIRECTED BY PARK Jae-hyun (HOW TO KEEP MY LOVE / OOLLALA SISTERS) reward. Against their master's wishes, the trio takes on the job, not STARRING HA Ji-won (AS ONE / SECTOR 7 / HAEUNDAE / THE DUELIST) knowing it would eventually lead them to the man responsible for the GANG Ye-won (QUICK / GHOST SWEEPERS / HELLO GHOST / HARMONY) death of Jin-ok's father 10 years ago. GAIN, A member of BROWN EYED GIRLS (CLOSER TO HEAVEN) PROMO AVAILABLE AT BOOTH After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung- COMMITMENT hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. GENRE Action, Romance Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy to save his sister and RUNNING TIME In Post-Production infiltrates to the South as a teenage defector. While attending school RELEASE 4Q 2013 as an ordinary student in the South, he meets another girl named DIRECTED BY PARK Kong Hye-in, and he comes to rescue her when she comes under attack. STARRING CHOI Seung-hyun, aka T.O.P of BIG BANG (71: INTO THE FIRE / tv- IRIS) South Korean Intelligence soon discovers of Myung-hoon’s activities HAN Ye-ri (SOUTH BOUND / AS ONE) and begins tracking him, while his own government sends a vicious assassin to eliminate him. SECRETLY GREATLY GENRE Action, Comedy RUNNING TIME In Post-Production RELEASE 2Q 2013 DIRECTED BY JANG Cheol-soo (BEDEVILLED) STARRING KIM Soo-hyun (THE THIEVES / tv- THE MOON THAT EMBRACES THE SUN ) PARK Ki-woong (NEVER ENDING STORY / WAR OF THE ARROWS) LEE Hyun-woo (GLOVE / THE LONLINESS OF BUTCHER BOY) As a North Korean sleeper cell agent, Ryu-han infiltrates the South and assumes the role of a village idiot in a rural town. He observes the townsfolk and waits patiently for his mission. One day, after 2 years of playing the role of the village idiot, fellow elite spies Hae-rang, posed as a rock star and Hae-jin, posed as an ordinary student, are dispatched to the same town as Ryu-han. He helps the other two spies settle in and teach them how to adjust in the South. There is a sudden drastic political power shift in the North and all three spies receive an urgent mission: commit suicide. THE FACE READER GENRE Period, Drama RUNNING TIME In Production RELEASE 3Q 2013 DIRECTED BY HAN Jae-rim (THE SHOW MUST GO ON / RULES OF DATING] STARRING SONG Kang-ho (SECRET REUNION / THIRST / THE HOST) LEE Jung-jae (THE THIEVES / THE HOUSEMAID / TYPHOON) KIM Hye-soo (THE THIEVES / TAZZA: THE HIGH ROLLERS) BAEK Yun-shick (THE TASTE OF MONEY / WOOCHI) Skillful face reader Nae-kyung’s exceptional talent is acknowledged by King Moonjong. The King brings him to his court to identify potential traitors who threaten his reign. However, when the King dies unexpectedly, Nae-kyung is approached by Grand Prince Sooyang, who yearns to rise to the throne by killing the young heir. Nae-kyung decides not to betray the late King and protect the young King, which only gets him closer to his own demise. HWAYI GENRE Action, Thriller RUNNING TIME In Production RELEASE 4Q 2013 DIRECTED BY JANG Joon-hwan (SAVE THE GREEN PLANET) STARRING KIM Yun-seok (THE THIEVES / PUNCH / THE YELLOW SEA / WOOCH) CHO Jin-woong (PERFECT NUMBER / NAMELESS GANGSTER : RULES OF THE TIME) KIM Sung-kyun (THE NEIGHBORS / NAMELESS GANGSTER : RULES OF THE TIME) YEO Jin-goo (tv-I MISS YOU / tv-THE MOON THAT EMBRACES THE SUN) Hwayi is a boy living in a farm village, who was raised by 5 fathers who are famous criminals. One day, the group is commissioned to kill a man named Lim and his wife. While the rest of the group feel something odd about this particular contract, Suk-tae is adamant to carry out this job with Hwayi in tow. During the job Hwayi discovers a photograph of a child in Lim’s house. Eventually, Suk-tae hands his gun to Hwayi and he is forced to pull the trigger. He becomes ill after committing his first kill, and realizes that the boy in the photograph looks uncannily familiar. Dong-chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he’s THE SUSPECT abandoned by his government and betrayed by his colleague. He defects GENRE Action, Thriller to the South in search of his nemesis with the help from Chairman RUNNING TIME In Production Park. One night the chairman is attacked and killed by an assassin, RELEASE 4Q 2013 but not before handing over a pair of glasses to Dong-chul. He is now DIRECTED BY WON Shin-yun (7 DAYS / A BLOODY ARIA) on the run again, accused of the chairman’s murder, while trying to STARRING GONG Yoo (SILENCED / FINDING MR. DESTINY / tv- THE 1st SHOP OF COFFEE PRINCE) uncover the secret contained inside the glasses. Little did he know that PARK Hee-soon (THE SCENT / THE CLIENT / 7 DAYS) depending on who ultimately gains control of the secret, it could either CHO Seong-ha (R2B / HELPLESS / THE YELLOW SEA) become a national threat or treasure. The year is 1859, feudal Joseon is plagued with numerous natural KUNDO : AGE OF THE RAMPANT disasters, poor harvest, poverty, hunger and death. But the rich nobles GENRE Action, Drama are only concerned with their own wealth and continue to exploit and RUNNING TIME In Pre-Production persecute the poor. In this dark period, KUNDO was a single shred of RELEASE 2014 hope for the poor, an entity which can be the subject of fear to unjust DIRECTED BY YOON Jong-bin (NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME / nobles. After killing poor butcher Dolmuchi's mother and sister, THE MOONLIGHT OF SEOUL / THE UNFORGIVEN) millionaire Jo-yoon commands absolute power over him.