The movie 'Smuggling' has been confirmed to be released on July 26th. 'Smuggling', which is the first of the tentpole films to heat up this summer, has a special meaning in that it features actors Kim Hye-soo and Yeom Jeong-ah as two top actors.
This year's tent pole film lineup from the four major distributors is 'Smuggling' (director Ryu Seung-wan, NEW), 'The Moon' (director Kim Yong-hwa, CJ ENM), 'Unofficial Operation' (director Kim Seong-hoon, Showbox), 'Concrete Utopia' (director Um Tae-hwa, Lotte), etc., but 'Smuggling' is the only film featuring two women.
It is rare for a woman to be the top two in a blockbuster production costing more than 10 billion won. Actress Jeon Ji-hyun was named in the credits for the first credit in the movie 'Assassination' (director Choi Dong-hun), released in July 2015, and mobilized 12.7 million viewers. ), which attracted 5.59 million people, it was hard to find a summer blockbuster that featured a female actor in the foreground.
In this situation, the film industry's attention and expectations are focused on the sortie of 'smuggling' with Kim Hye-soo and Yeom Jeong-ah as a two-top. A film official told Ten Asia, “If ‘Smuggling’ succeeds in box office success, it will write a new history in the Korean film industry. He hinted, "'Smuggling' confidently went out as the first runner of the tent pole this summer, and I hope that the first start will go well."
Another official added, "The industry's expectations for 'Smuggling' are high. It's a new film by director Ryu Seung-wan, and the internal reaction of the film officials is good, so we sensed an atmosphere of cautious expectation of box office success."
Kim Hye-soo and Yum Jeong-a lead the film from the front of the disassembly as haenyeo who directly engage in smuggling. Expectations are focused on whether their WORMANCE will leave a big impression on the audience and establish a new formula for the Korean film industry.
The movie 'Unofficial Operation' scheduled to be released in August will also change its title from 'Kidnapped' and join the summer theater war. 'Unofficial Operation' is a buddy action movie between a diplomat who left for Lebanon to rescue a missing colleague and Pansu, a local taxi driver, played by Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon. A production cost of 20 billion units was invested.
'Concrete Utopia', which will be released in the same month, depicts the story of survivors gathering in the only unbroken apartment in Seoul, which was devastated by the earthquake. Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, and Park Bo-young starred while listening to the production cost of 15 billion won.
Jiye Choi, staff reporter at TenAsia wisdomart@tenasia.co.kr