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Watch The Full Trailer For Choi's Espionage Thriller, ASSASSINATION
No subtitles are available, but the new trailer is jam-packed with action, drama and moments of pure intensity that should keep your hype going. Check it out just below!
Gianna Jun To Star In ASSASSINATION
So far, 2014 has tuned out to be another landmark year for Korean action cinema, and Woochi (2009) and The Thieves (2012) writer and director Choi Dong-Hoon is looking to help continue that trend next summer.
Set between China and Korea during the 1930’s, Assassination reunites Choi with actress Gianna Jun whose prior role in the less-than-impressive 2006 live-action adaptation, Blood: The Last Vampire, followed with two big theatrical hits, including The Thieves, and the 2013 flick, The Berlin File. This time, Assassination will have her leading a group of assassins charged by the Korean resistance to target key supporters of the Japanaese occupation.
Joining Jun are her fellow The Thieves co-stars Lee Jung-Jae and Oh Dal-su, along with Kundo (2014) stars Ha Jung-Woo, Cho Jin-woong and Lee Kyoung-young. Choi will produce the film along with partner Ahn Soo-hyun for Caper Films with Showbox financing and distributing the film for its 2015 release.
Stay tuned for more info!
H/T: Modern Korean Cinema
Check Out A New Action Featurette For KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT
Korean action fans and Asian cinema filmgoers alike can now get another glimpse of the behind-the-scenes production work for director Yoon Jong-bin‘s new period Robin Hood revenge thriller, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant. The feaurette is entirely in Korean with no English subs whatsoever, but it does include some speaking segments from select members of the cast and crew, including Yoon, and lead actors Ha Jung-woo and Kang Dong-won, the latter who plays the villain. Also, if you’re patient enough for the two minutes it plays, you’ll see action choreographer favorite Jung Doo-hung speaking on behalf of the film as well.
Tyranny Ignites An Epic Battle For Justice In The New Trailer For KUNDO: AGE OF THE RAMPANT
It’s a good old fashioned tale of 19th century sword-swinging noble heroics with a splash of vengeance in director Yoon Jong-bin‘s new period action adventure, Kundo: Age Of The Rampant. The film marks another big and highly anticipated film for Korean theater goers here, starring Ha Jung-woo in his forth actor/director pairing with Yoon, opposite actor Kang Dong-won in a the ultimate fight against late Chosun-era tyranny.
SYNOPSIS:
A new hope for the powerless and impoverished people and its name is KUNDO.
Year 1859 — it is the feudal Chosun era in which the king and the aristocracy rule the country. Due to the continuous natural disasters and poor harvest, poverty, hunger and death are rampant. But as the rulers are concerned with only their own wealth, they carry on exploiting and persecuting the poor. In this dark period, KUNDO is a ray of hope for the poor; he is someone who can be the figure of fear to the undeserving nobles. And there are two men who have to stand against each other.
In the era when one’s status is decided by birth, Dolmuchi was born to a poor butcher while Jo-yoon was born into a powerful and wealthy family. The two men strike a dangerous deal and Dolmuchi loses his mother and sister as a result. He is trampled by Jo-yoon who commands absolute power in his oppressive world.
Bringing together the men who are on the fringe of this dark society, Dolmuchi is accepted as a member of KUNDO and opens his eyes to the world. He draws his sword out of the sheath and disperses the shadow cast on the poor and helpless. Before him, the man who took away his family appears. Standing in front Joyoon, Dolmuchi challenges his arch-enemy to their final duel.
The official trailer has finally arrived for the film’s domestic release in South Korea on July 23, 2014. Check it out now!
