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▲ Director Lee Hae-young (L) and the cast of the Korean spy thriller "Phantom" attend a press conference at a Seoul theater
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SEOUL, December 26 (Yonhap) -- New movies and movies that were in storage due to COVID-19 will be released in 2023, the year of the rabbit, just like this year.
Different genres of Korean movies, including large-scale works where the audience is looking forward to seeing the ensemble of star directors and actors, will be on the big screen.
In addition, Hollywood masterpieces based on series films will be shown in theaters.It means that movie fans will have more options on a fancy menu.
Following is the summary of the new lineup that will decorate the cinema in 2023.
◇New series of box office hits fills the screen
"The Roundup: No Way Out," the sequel to the movie "The Round Up" a "bare fist action" which is the first movie to hit ten million viewers after the pandemic, will be released on the big screen next year.
This time, detectives of Geumcheon Police office including Ma Seok-do (Ma Dong-seok) will look for Japanese Yakuzas. Lee Jun-hyuk (Joo Seong-cheol), and Japanese actor Munetaka Aoki (Riki Yakuza) will take over the villain characters of Yoon Kye-sang and Son Seok-goo.
Movies "The Point Men," starring Hwang Jung-min and Hyunbin as main characters, and "Phantom," starring Park So-dam, Lee Ha-nui, and Seol Kyung-gu, scheduled to be released on January 18, are both looked forward to. Both movies were finished in September 2020, and May 2021, respectively, but the release dates were postponed due to the COVID situation.
"The Point Men" depicts the negotiation operation between diplomats and local NIS agents heading to Afghanistan to save South Koreans who have become Taliban hostages. It is produced by director Yim Soon-rye who produced "Little Forest" (2018). It is the first collaboration of Hwang Jung-min and Hyunbin as a skilled diplomat and a local NIS agent.
Movie "Phantom" depicts a story of the people confined in a hotel who are suspected of being a spy code-named "phantom," planted in the Japanese Government-General in Korea by an anti-Japanese movement organization. It is directed by Lee Hae-young, the director of the movie "Believer" (2017). ,
Director Lim Sang-soo's movie "Heaven: To the Land of Happiness," which was finished in October of 2019, will also meet the audience after a long wait. This movie, which was invited to big Korean and international film awards including the Cannes Film Festival, depicts the journey of a prison breaker who is terminally ill, and a patient with a rare disease who continues life with the medicines that were stolen. Actors Choi Min-sik and Park Hae-il will be starring as the main characters
Director Kim Han-min's last film of Lee Soon-shin's trilogy "Noryang: The Sea of Death," director Kim Yong-hwa's new film "The Moon," and director Ryu Seung-wan's "Smuggling" starring Kim Hye-soo, Yeom Jung-ah and Cho In-sung are also waiting for release.
Director Kang Je-gyu's new film, "Boston 1947," starring Ha Jung-woo, Bae Seong-woo and Yim Si-wan, "Silence" by Lee Sun-kyun and Ju Ji-hoon, "Bogota" by Song Joong-ki and Lee Hee-joon, "Night Trip" by Ha Jung-woo and Kim Nam-gil, and "Guardian" by Jung Woo-sung will also be ready to meet the audience next year.
◇ Diverse genres "Drama, Thriller, Horror"...Eye catching unique materials
The films scheduled to be released in 2023 show various genres ranging from dramas to thrillers and horror movies.
Drama genres include "Switch," which will open the door in 2023, "Dream," directed by Lee Byung-hun who produced "Extreme Job" (2018), and "Vacation," starring Shin Mina and Kim Hae-sook.
"Switch" shows the importance of family which unfolds the story as the lives of Park Kang (played by Kwon Sang-woo), a top star and livelihood manager Cho Yoon (Oh Jung-se) are reversed.
"Dream," starring Park Seo-joon and Lee Ji-eun, depicts the "Homeless World Cup" challenge of soccer players and soccer laymen in the biggest crisis of their careers, while "Vacation," starring Shin Mina and Kim Hae-sook, depicts the story of a deceased mother coming to this world to meet her daughter.
Crime thrillers include director Jung Ji-young's new film "The Boys," "Sad Tropics" directed by Park Hoon-jung who worked on the "Witch" series, and "The Devil's Deal" produced by director Lee Won-tae, who produced "The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil" (2019).
Movie "The Boys" starring Sol Kyung-gu, Yu Jun-sang as main characters depicts the true story of Samrye Nara Mart incident. It is the story of a detective who had to re-investigate the boys who were chosen as the suspects of a robbery incident.
Kim Seon-ho who is coming back after a break due to his personal issues will star in a big screen as a main character for the first time in the movie "Sad Tropic," which depicts the story of a former boxing athlete who is being chased by unidentified people.
Movie "The Devil's Deal" will star Cho Jin-woong, Lee Seong-min and Kim Moo-yeol as main character and will depicts the three men's betrayal making dangerous deals to fulfill their own desires.
In addition, "Concrete Utopia," a disaster film starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young, "The Unearthed Grave," by director Jang Jae-hyun of "Sabaha" (2018), "Three Days," starring Park Shin-yang and Lee Min-ki, will be released. Director Kang Hyung-chul, who directed the movies "Scandal Makers" (2008) and "Sunny" (2011), will meet the audience next year with his new film "High Five" based on superpowers.
◇ "What to Watch?" Hollywood large scaled movies to be released
Hollywood masterpieces will be released next year.
Tom Cruise, who showed as much charm as his heyday in the movie "Top Gun: Maverick" this year, will return to the movie fans with the spy action drama "Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One." This is the seventh series of "Mission Impossible" (1996).
Tom Cruise showed a thrilling action of racing a long jump on a motorcycle and falling down a cliff and opening a parachute, in the nine-minute video recently released, raising fans' expectations.
The movie is scheduled to be released in North America on July 14 next year, and is expected to be on screen in Korea around the same period.
The fifth movie of, "Indiana Jones," starring Harrison Ford, who is in his 80s, is also an looked forward by fans. Harrison Ford, who returned to his 40s with advanced video technology, tells a new adventure story with Antonio Banderas and Mads Mikkelsen.
The director changed from Steven Spielberg, who was in charge of the first to fourth episodes, to James Mangold, who directed "Logan" (2017).
Marvel has prepared several new movies. "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" (Ant-Man 3), "Guardians of Galaxy 3," "Thor: Love and Thunder" and "The Marvels" will meet fans.
Actor Park Seo-joon appears in "The Marvels," where Captain Marvel and Ms. Marvel fight as a team. Marvel's films are scheduled to be released in North America next year, and the domestic release schedule has yet to be confirmed.
The new film "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" from the "Transformers" series, which has shown intense action, also will also be released.
Christopher Nolan, who has become a genius director with "Interstellar" (2014), "Dunkirk" (2017) and "Tenet" (2020), will meet fans next year with a biography of American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who led the nuclear weapons development project during World War II.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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