HARBIN: Win A Blu-Ray Or 4K UHD Of Woo Min-Ho’s Explosive Political Thriller!
HARBIN stars Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min, and Lee Dong-wook, and is now available on disc and digital from Well Go USA!
HARBIN stars Hyun Bin, Park Jeong-min, and Lee Dong-wook, and is now available on disc and digital from Well Go USA!
Harbin is currently playing in select U.S. theaters from Well Go USA. Woo Min-ho is someone I’ve been slow to keep up with since I first caught wind of his 2015 political thriller, Inside Man. The good news is that some of his films aren’t intangible, so I can definitely catch them when I get time. As of late, that includes Harbin, Woo’s newest period assassin drama which chronicles the efforts of Korea’s rebellion against Japanese colonialism, led in part by Ahn Jung-geun, a lieutenant beleagured by a crisis of conscience following a fatal blunder at the cost of fighters, putting him under heavy scrutiny among ranks in the resistance. Intent on ameliorating his actions, it is then that Ahn makes the stern commitment to eliminate Japan’s first prime minister, Hirobumi Ito, as the empire looks to annex Korea. The effort entails evading Japanese soldiers while trekking between snowy rural […]
Woo Min-ho’s new period spy drama, Harbin, is set to make landfall in theaters on January 3 from Well Go USA. Harbin marks the return of lead actor Hyun Bin who also leads the cast in Kim Sung-hoon’s Joseon action horror, Rampant, which the label also released in 2018. In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan’s prime minister during their quest for independence. Also starring are Park Jeong-min, Jeon Yeo-been, Jo Woo-jin, and Lee Dong-wook. Catch the trailer below!
The Man Standing Next and The Drug King helmer Woo Min-ho is back with another offering this time in Harbin, which now gets an official trailer ahead of its Korean release from CJ ENM. Harbin is set in the early 1900s and chronicles the complexities of leadership faced by beleagured Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun, who sets out to assassinate Japan’s prime minister in an effort to redeem himself. The new period spy thriller held its World Premiere for Toronto festivalgoers in September and is now poised for a December 25 release, featuring a cast led by Hyun-Bin, Park Jeong-min, Jo Woo-jin, and more. Well Go USA Entertainment picked up the film for North American release shortly after its Toronto run. Catch the official trailer and posters below!
Currently revving up for a Gala Presentation for the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is Harbin, a new spy thriller from director Woo Min-ho (The Man Standing Next, The Drug King). CJ Entertainment is plotting a release later this year for the pic which is set in 1909, and chronicles the exploits of Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-gum and his mission to infiltrate Harbin, China and assassinate Japan’s first Prime Minister. Actor Hyun-Bin (The Point Men, Rampant) stars along with Park Jeong-min (Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman), Jo Woo-jin (Alienoid), and Jeon Yeo-bin (Cobweb). Watch the intense first teaser below!