#Lee Jong-Pil’s

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Escape (2024) is a Gripping, Human Thriller

Escape (2024) is a Gripping, Human Thriller #EscapeMovie @WellGoUSA

December 19, 2024 (NYC, NY)– Escape (2024) is a Gripping, Human Thriller.  Director Lee Jong-Pil’s  has masterfully told the dramatic story of a North Korean soldier looking for a better life, at the risk of death.   This Well Go USA release is fictionally based upon a series of real events, and it is very well crafted.  It balances thrills and poignant moments.  This nominated film is a must-see…

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Escape (2024)

Dir. Lee Jong-pil

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One day off, dir. Lee Jong Pil (2023), ep. 6

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박하경 여행기: One day off (2023).

dir. Lee Jong-pil.

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Kdrama: Emergency Couple (2014)

Seeing your girlfriendwith someone else🥺😝| Emergency couple 💑 | Kamar teri mastani🎵 | The Eth-Helens

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oR2CxLAv8Ds

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Suddenly in the Dark (Gipeun bam gabjagi), Young Nam Ko (1981)

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President Park Said to Direct Lobbying (1978)

From the Washington Post, by Charles B. BabcockWashington Post

March 16, 1978         page A1-27

by Charles R. Babcock

Washington Post Staff Writer

U.S. Intelligence agencies reported during the early 1970s that South Korean President Park Chung Hee was personally directing a broad-scale covert lobbying campaign in the United States, according to summaries of secret documents released yesterday.

Rep. Donald M. Fraser (D-Minn.), chairman of a House International Relations subcommittee investigating U.S.-Korean relations, said the intelligence reports show that President Park once considered, but rejected, a plan placing businessman Tongsun Park in charge of all the Korean lobbying in Washington.

Instead, President Park and his top advisers set up a special “foreign policy review board,” Fraser said, to coordinate a variety of lobbying operations. The lobbying was aimed at ensuring the flow of U.S. military and economic aid to Korea.

Though U.S. intelligence agencies were sending detailed reports of the meetings in the Korean presidential mansion, the Blue House, to Washington as early as 1971, the Nixon administration failed to take adequate steps to stop the improper lobbying, Fraser added.

Yesterday’s hearing was the first of several in which the subcommittee seeks to document how much the U.S. executive branch knew of the Korean effort. Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell are among those the subcommittee hopes to call as witnesses next week, Fraser said.

Some of the documents released yesterday indicate that the FBI either was not aware of or ignored some of the intelligence reports on Tongsun Park’s activities. A subcommittee investigator said yesterday that coming hearings would establish that other, very specific, intelligence information was available at the time but not acted on by federal investigators.

The subcommittee is studying the Korean lobbying as a sort of case history of a failure of U.S. foreign policy. Its approach has been scholarly at times, since its aim is not to punish wrongdoers. 

The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is conducting an investigation of members who may have violated ethical standards by accepting cash or favors from Koreans.

William J. Porter, U.S. ambassador to Korea at the time the lobbying campaign was initiated, testified that he witnessed the lobbying grow to a point where “everyone was talking about the lavish way the Koreans were approaching the legislative branch. Tongsun Park was cutting too wide a swath.” But the U.S. government, he said, was “very permissive” in its attitude toward the lobbying. “It must have been [permissive], voluntarily or by oversight, for the thing to grow as the Tongsun Park thing did from 1972 to 1975 or 6.”

Porter said Tongsun Park was spending so much money and had so much freedom of action that he thought some group, probably the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, was subsidizing Park.

Tongsun Park has been indicted for conspiring to bribe members of Congress and for failing to register as a foreign agent, and is now back in Washington to testify before congressional investigators and at the bribery trial of former Rep. Richard T. Hanna (D-Calif.). It has been reported that Tongsun Park made more than $750,000 in payments, mostly in cash, to members of Congress during the early 1970s.

The Korean government has consistently denied that Park was its agent. 

The Washington Post reported in October 1976 that the Korean lobbying effort was initiated by President Park in meetings at the Blue House, and that U.S. intelligence reports “apparently” included tape recordings of those meetings.

In releasing the summary of U.S. intelligence reports on those meetings yesterday, subcommittee investigators said the source was considered “highly reliable.” There was no evidence it was a bug or wiretap on the Korean president’s residence, however, they said.

Porter said he was skeptical about the reliability of the reports and strongly implied they had come from a Korean official in Seoul. “They didn’t tell our people any more than they wanted to say,” he said. “They know how to keep secrets.” “I wouldn’t bet on that, necessarily, as a useful report on what went on at those meetings,” he said. Porter backed off, however, when Fraser challenged him because he, as ambassador, was responsible for the intelligence reporting sent from the embassy to Washington. He said he didn’t know the source.

The intelligence summaries of the Blue House meetings said that among those considered to be placed under Tongsun Park’s control were Lee Sang Ho, the KCIA station chief in Washington (whose real name is Yang Du Won); Pak Bo Hi , head of the Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation in Washington, and Kang Young Hoon, a former Korean Army general who headed a research Institute on Korean affairs in suburban Washington.

Pak, who is now the chief aide to Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon, attended the hearing yesterday and denied in a hallway interview—as he has before—that he has ever acted at the direction of the Korean government.

The subcommittee also released yesterday a 708-page book of documents that includes a variety of FBI, CIA and other investigative reports. Among the records are:

A February 1963 CIA report that says Moon’s Unification Church was organized by high-ranking government official Kim Jong Pil while he was head of the KCIA. The report was labeled as unevaluated, however, and it is generally believed that Moon founded his church in 1954, before President Park came to power and the KCIA was founded. 

Exchanges of correspondence between the State and Justice departments in 1971, including a “secret” June 1971 memo in which State passed on CIA references to Korean intelligence connections involving Tongsun Park and Pak Bo Hi.

Justice responded by conducting what the documents show to be only a cursory investigation that didn’t include any interview of Tongsun Park. In one Justice memo, he is referred to as Mr. Sun.

On the other side of Capitol Hill, meanwhile, Tongsun Park continued to answer questions in a closed session of the Senate Ethics Committee, which is probing senators’ possible involvement in the influence-buying effort.

Park’s performance yesterday, his second day before the Senate panel, raised doubts about his credibility, according to Sen. Harrison Schmitt (R-N.M.). “He is extremely good, apparently, at anticipating what we know,” said Schmitt. “He remembers everything we already know, but not some other things. So there still is a question of credibility.” Schmitt said it is “too early to say” whether the committee will uncover evidence leading to disciplinary action against any present or former senators.

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FILMS in 2024: 73 | Samjin Company English Class 삼진그룹 영어토익반 (2020) — dir. Lee Jong Pil, Lee Jung Beom     

[ahsung]

I had believed that travelling was a fool’s paradise. But Jin Sol took it differently. She was always excited to hit the road, and her laughter came without reason. And she was always by my side. […] My time spent with Jin Sol made no difference. It wasn’t all that fun or meaningful. All we did was shoot the breeze and loaf around. But that’s what made it fun.

ONE DAY OFF (2023) dir. Lee Jong Pil

[twentysnoir]

Especial KRP — Sobrenomes Coreanos

Cansado de Lee? Kim? Seo? Song? Choi? Hwang? Park? Abaixo do "Read More" você vai encontrar alguns sobrenomes mais incomuns que pode usar em seus personagens coreanos.

Ah, A (아 - A)

Ae (애 - É)

Ban, Bahn, Van, Vahn, Pan, Pahn (반 - Ban)

Beon, Bun, Buhn, Veon, Vun, Vuhn (번 - Bón)

Beom, Bum, Buhm, Veom, Vum, Vuhm (범 - Bóm)

Bo, Vo (보 - Bô)

Bok, Vok (복 - Bôc)

Bong, Vong (봉 - Bông)

Boo, Bu, Voo, Vu (부 - Bú)

Bi, Vi, Bee, Vee (비 - Bi)

Bin, Been, Bean, Vin, Veen, Vean (빈 - Bin)

Bing, Beeng, Ving, Veeng (빙 - Bing)

Da (다 - Dá)

Dam (담 - Dam)

Dan (단 - Dan)

Dang (당 - Dang)

Dae, Dai (대 - Dé)

Dok, Dock (독 - Dôc)

Dokgo, Dokko (독고 - Docô)

Don (돈 - Dôn)

Dong (동 - Dông)

Dongbang (동방 - Dôngbâng)

Deung (등 - Dûng)

Deungjeong, Deungjung (등정 - Dûngdjóng)

Eogeum, Uhgeum, Ugeum (어금 - Ógûm)

Eun (은 - Ûn)

Eum (음 - Ûm)

Hak, Hahk (학 - Rác)

Hae (해 - Ré)

Hyeong, Hyung, Hyoung (형 - Rióng)

Ho, Hoh (호 - Rô)

Hwa, Hwah (화 - Ruá)

Hwangmok (황목 - Ruangmôk)

Hwangbo (황보 - Ruangbô)

Hoo, Hu (후 - Ru)

Ja, Jah (자 - Já)

Jeom, Jum (점 - Djóm)

Je, Jeh (제 - Djê)

Jegal, Jekal (제갈 - Djegál)

Jeo, Juh (저 - Djó)

Jong (종 - Djông)

Jwa, Joa, Jua (좌 - Djuá)

Jeung (증 - Jûng)

Kangjeon, Kangjun, Gangjeon, Gangjun (강전 - Gangdjón)

Ka, Ga (가 - Ga)

Kal, Gal (갈 - Gal)

Kam, Gam (감)

Kan, Gan (간 - Gan)

Kae, Gae (개 - Gué)

Kyun, Kyeon, Kyoun, Gyun, Gyeon, Gyoun (견 - Guión)

Kyung, Kyeong, Kyoung, Gyung, Gyeong, Gyoung (경 - Guióng)

Kye, Gye (계 - Guiê)

Kok, Gok (곡 - Gôc)

Kwan, Gwan (관 - Guân)

Kwok, Gwok (궉 - Guóc)

Kyo, Gyo (교 - Guiô)

Kuk, Guk, Kook, Gook, Kuck, Guck (국 - Guc)

Kung, Koong, Gung, Goong (궁 - Gung)

Kwok, Gwok, Kweok, Gweok (궉 - Guóc)

Keun, Geun (근 - Gûn)

Keum, Geum (금 - Gûm)

Ki, Gi, Kee, Gee (기 - Gui)

Kil, Gil (길 - Guil)

Lin, In, Rin, Leen, Een, Reen (인 - In)

Man, Mahn (만 - Man)

Mangjeol, Mangjul (망절 - Mangdjól)

Mae (매 - Mé)

Maeng (맹 - Méng)

Myung, Myeong, Myoung (명 - Mióng)

Mo, Moh (모 - Mô)

Mok, Mock (목 - Môc)

Myo (묘 - Miô)

Moo, Mu (무 - Mu)

Mubon, Moobon (무본 - Mubôn)

Muk, Muck, Mook, Moock (묵 - Muc)

Mi, Mee (��� - Mi)

Nan (난 - Nan)

Namgoong, Namgung, Namkoong, Namkung (남궁 - Namgung)

Nang (낭 - Nang)

Nae (내 - Né)

Noi, Nwe (뇌 - Nê)

Ok, Ock (옥 - Ôc)

On, Ohn (온 - Ôn)

Ong (옹 - Ông)

Pan, Pahn (판 - Pan)

Paeng (팽 - Péng)

Pyeon, Pyun, Pyuhn (편 - Pión)

Pyeong, Pyung, Pyuhng (평 - Pióng)

Po, Poh (포 - Pô)

Pyo (표 - Piô)

Pung, Poong (풍 - Pung)

Pi, Pee (피 - Pi)

Pil, Fil, Peel, Feel (필 - Pil)

Ra, La, Rah, Lah (라 - Lá)

Ran, Lan (란 - Lan)

Rang, Lang (랑 - Lang)

Ryeo, Ryuh, Lyeo, Lyuh (려 - Lió)

Roe, Loe, Roi, Loi, Rwe, Lwe (뢰 - Lê)

Sa, Sah (사 - Sá)

Sakong, Sagong (사공 - Sagông)

San, Sahn (산 - San)

Sam, Sahm (삼 - Sam)

Sang, Sahng (상 - Sang)

Seomun, Seomoon, Suhmun, Suhmoon, Sumun, Sumoon (서문 - Sómún)

Seonu, Seonwu, Seonwoo, Seonoo, Sunu, Sunwu, Sunwoo, Sunoo (선우 - Sónú)

Seob, Sub, Seop, Sup, Suhb, Suhp (섭 - Sób)

Sobong (소봉 - Sobông)

Soo, Su (수 - Su)

Sun, Soon (순 - Sun)

Seung (승 - Sûng)

Si, Shi, Xi, See, Shee, Xee (시 - Xi)

Tak, Tahk (탁 - Tác)

Tan, Tahn (탄 - Tan)

Tang, Tahng (탕 - Táng)

Tae (태 - Té)

Uh, Eo, Eoh (어 - Ó)

Wan, Wahn (완 - Uán)

Wang, Wahng (왕 - Uáng)

Wun, Un, Woon, Oon (운 - Un)

Wi (위 - Uí)

Ya, Yah (야 - Iá)

Yeop, Yeob, Yup, Yub, Yuhp, Yuhb (엽 - Iób)

Yeong, Young, Yung (영 - Ióng)

Ye, Yeh (예 - Iê)

Yo (요 - Iô)

Yong (용 - Iông)

Yook, Yuk (육 - Iúk)

[minjaeoriginals]

Introduction to Characters:

It will be useful for those who want to get an image of how the characters will look like, so i got referential images for them:

(Yes i did a whole casting for it)

Baek Yujin - Baek Ji Heon

She's the daugther of Chulsoo and Eunseo, the main protagonist of this story as her box will reveal secrets that shouldn't have been known...

Im Hayoung - Lee Na Gyung

A rookie idealistic police detective that always wants to get until the last consequences of any case she's in, even if it doesn't means good things most of the time, she'll be in charge of the case of Yujin along with her "Cap" Jo Kyun Sang.

Yoon Seonwoo - Ahn Dong Goo

He's married to Baek Mijoo, Yujin's sister.

He's the prototype of excellent prosecutor, receiving many awards and being the best paid among all prosecutors in the Nonhyeon-dong Office, in Gangnam, Seoul.

Ahn Jinsoul - Kang Hye Won

Friend of Baek Yujin since they attended to school, she likes Yujin but she prefers to keep it secret and convinces herself that she doesn't likes Yujin and focuses in any other Gangnam rich men.

Baek Chulsoo - Son Jong Hak

Father of Baek Yujin and Mijoo, husband of Kang Eunseo.

He's the president and third generation heir of the Chunhwa Company, a large chaebol that specialises in airlines.

Kang Eunseo - Jin Kyung

Mother of Baek Yujin and Mijoo, wife of Baek Chulsoo.

She's a very prejudiced and arrogant woman. Usually likes to brag about Mijoo's achievements, since for her Yujin is nothing but an "accident" as she ain't as successful as Mijoo.

Used to be an k-pop idol for the 1st generation group "September". (Will be seen in the lore of the story)

Baek Mijoo - Ha Yoon Kyung

Older sister of Baek Yujin and daughter of Baek Chulsoo and Kang Eunseo.

Mijoo is a successful businesswoman that usually would have the best grades in school and would be the best student in every university or master degree she would take.

Even though she doesn't has plans on taking Chunhwa's Company, which is Chulsoo's company, he still keeps the hope his daughter thinks to get it.

She's the favorite daughter of her mom and also is the most loved by her father, and well... of her husband too.

Jung Jihun - Lee Pil Mo

Chief Prosecutor of Gangnam District.

Has a really bad mood everytime and usually yells at his juniors, his marriage is about to end and his work situation isn't really better after Yujin's case comes up.

Kim Juhwan - Kim Kwang Gyu

He is the chief judge of the Seoul court.

Lee Haneul - Lee Da Hee

She's the attorney of the Ahn Family.

She studied abroad half of her life, featuring the top universities in Korea and the USA.

Received many awards for her job as a lawyer and was part of many important law firms before being a private attorney.

Extra Characters or Guests:

Ahn Seul - Jang Hye Jin

Mother of Ahn Jinsoul. Married to a private husband which is rumoured to be a millionaire foreigner.

Used to be an actress during the first eras of korean cinema.

Priest - Shin Jung Keun

He'll marry Baek Mijoo and Yoon Seonwoo.

Day6

Baek Yujin's favourite band, might appear in concerts or in a reference to some of their songs which are crucial to understand some scenes.

AKMU & Blue.D/MINO

Same case as Day6, but being even more referenced due to specific songs:

AKMU: Fish in the Water

Blue.D/MINO: Nobody

As this story is developing, some other characters might be added, so keep tuned to this story!

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[Exclusive] VIXX Leo [...] Focus on acting activities

n.news.naver.com

Leo (Jung Taekwoon, 34), a member of the group VIXX, starts a new home at Big Boss Entertainment.

On the 5th, a broadcasting official said, “Leo has signed an exclusive contract with Big Boss Entertainment.” The previous day, his exclusive contract with Jellyfish Entertainment, where he had worked for 11 years, expired, and he plans to engage in various acting activities, including musicals, at his new agency.

Leo debuted with VIXX through the single album ‘Superhero’ in 2012. The group continued its activities until recently, releasing the mini album ‘Continuum’ in November last year. They also have numerous hit songs such as ‘Shangrila, ‘Chained up’, ‘Love Equation’, and ‘I’m Ready to Get Hurt’. also continuing his solo activities and with VIXX's unit VIXX LR.

Since 2014, he has also appeared on musical stages. He performed in famous musicals such as ‘Monte Cristo’, ‘Mata Hari’, ‘Elizabeth’, ‘Frankenstein’, ‘Marie Antoinette’, and ‘West Side Story’. Starting on the 26th, he will appear in ‘The Great Comet’ held at the Universal Arts Center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

He, who has established himself as a musical actor, is known to have joined hands with Big Boss Entertainment out of his desire to experience a wide range of acting. Big Boss Entertainment has a variety of actors including Moon Sook, Lee Jong-hyuk, Go Kyu-pil, and Lee Joo-seung. Musical actors such as Jeon Dong-seok and Jeong Wook-jin are also involved.

Even after changing agencies, group activities continue. Team-related activities are carried out in collaboration with Jellyfish Entertainment.

[단독] 빅스 레오, 고규필·이주승과 한솥밥…연기 활동 집중

그룹 빅스의 멤버 레오(정택운·34)가 빅보스엔터테인먼트에 새롭게 둥지를 튼다.

5일 한 방송관계자는 “레오가 빅보스엔터테인먼트와 전속계약을 체결했다”고 밝혔다. 전날 11년간 몸담았던 젤리피쉬엔터테인먼트와의 전속계약을 만��한 그는 새 소속사에서 뮤지컬 등 다양한 연기 활동을 펼칠 예정이다.

레오는 2012년 싱글 앨범 ‘슈퍼 히어로’를 통해 빅스로 데뷔했다. 지난해 11월 미니앨범 ‘컨티뉴엄’을 발매하며 최근까지 그룹 활동을 펼쳤다. ‘도원경’, ‘사슬’, ‘이별공식’, ‘다칠 준비가 돼 있어’ 등 수많은 히트곡도 보유하고 있다. 빅스 유닛인 빅스LR와 솔로 활동도 이어가고 있다.

2014년부터는 뮤지컬 무대에도 나서고 있다. ‘몬테크리스토’, ‘마타 하리’, ‘엘리자벳’, ‘프랑켄슈타인’, ‘마리 앙투아네트’, ‘웨스트 사이드 스토리’ 등 유명한 뮤지컬 공연을 두루 거쳤다. 26일부터는 서울 광진구 유니버설아트센터에서 열리는 ‘그레이트 코멧’에 출연한다.

뮤지컬 배우로 입지를 다져온 그는 폭넓은 연기를 경험하고 싶다는 의지에서 빅보스엔터테인먼트와 손잡은 것으로 알려졌다. 빅보스엔터테인먼트에는 문숙, 이종혁, 고규필, 이주승 등 다양한 배우들이 소속돼 있다. 전동석, 정욱진 등 뮤지컬 배우들도 몸담고 있다.

소속사를 옮긴 후에도 그룹 활동은 지속한다. 팀 관련 활동은 젤리피쉬엔터테인먼트와 함께 진행한다.

[satin-carmin]

One day off, dir. Lee Jong Pil (2023), ep. 5

[bidokja]

Weak Hero Character Names

For those who don't know, the Weak Hero webtoon anglicized a bunch of the characters' first names from Korean to English. They don't do this for newly introduced characters anymore AFAIK, but all the names they anglicized initially have been kept that way.

Since I've gotten a few people asking about the names, so I decided to compile a list of their original Korean names. You can find amost of these on their character profiles on the Weak Hero fandom page, but I figured people would appreciate having a quick reference that is all in one place. Hopefully this helps people learn/connect their original names.

Remember, this is not a full character list, it's for finding the Korean names of the characters that had their names anglicized.

The format will be:

Anglicized Name -> Korean Name (common alternative romanizations will be in parenthesis)

Eunjang High

Alex Go -> Go Hyeontak (Hyun-tak)

Ben Park -> Park Humin (Hoo-min)

Colton Choi -> Choi Hyoman (Hyo-man)

Eugene Gale -> Seo Juntae (Jun-tae)

Gerard Jin -> Jin Gayul (Ga-yool)

Gray Yeon -> Yeon Sieun (Shi-eun)

Phillip Kim -> Kim Pilyoung (Pil-young)

Rowan Im -> Im Juyang (Ju-yang)

Teddy Jin -> Jin Taeoh (Tae-oh)

Daehyeon High

Dean Kwon -> Kwon Hyeokjin (Hyuk-jin)

Jake Ji -> Ji Hakho (Hak-ho | Hagho)

Timothy Park -> Park Taegi (Tae-gi)*

Ganghak High

Jared Sun -> Seon Jongwon (Sun Jong-Wan)

Toby Kim -> Kim Dosik (Do-sik)

Wolf Keum -> Keum Seongje (Sung-je)

Hyeongshin High

Forrest Lee -> Lee Sehan (Se-han)

Myles Joo -> Joo Seungjin (Seung-jin)

Robin Ha -> Ha Minjo (Min-jo)

Sam "Grape" Lee -> Lee Gongsam (Gong-sam)

Yeo-il High

Donald Na -> Na Baekjin (Baek-jin)

Kingsley Kwan -> Kwan Seokhyeon (Suk-hyun)

Yoosun High

Harper "Helmet" Ha -> Ha Huicheol (Hee-chul)

Hugo Yoon -> Yun Hoyeong (Yoon Ho-young)

Jack Kang -> Kang Jeongyeon (Jung-yun)

Jimmy Bae -> Bae Jihun (Ji-hun)

Other Recurring/Relevant Characters

Bryce Oh -> Oh Beomseok (Beom-sok)

Julia Chae -> Chae Yujin (Yoo-jin)

Kenny Ji -> Ji Gwangseok (Gwang-seok)

Lala Lee -> Lee Minji (Min-ji)

Lily Nam -> Nam Jeongah (Jung-ah)

Oswald Yang -> Yang Seonghun (Sung-hoon)*

Sean Shin -> Shin Jeongseob (Jung-sub)*

Stephen Ahn -> Ahn Suho (Su-ho)

Wesley Song -> Song Baekkyu (Beak-gyu)

(* These names weren't on the wiki, so I looked at raws.)

[asian-cine-phile]

PERSONA 페르소나(2019)

love set ( dir. lee kyoung mi ) walk at night ( dir. kim jong kwan ) kiss is sin ( dir. jeon go woon ) collector ( dir. yim pil sung )

[forleejehoon]

So far what we got on movie Escape (탈주)

nationally released image cut

the poster and still cut that appeared in foreign publications

Jehoon revealing in one of his recent fan meetings that there will be a naked scene

hinted running time of 101 minutes

director Lee Jong-pil expecting the official release to be around Chuseok (Sep 28-30 of this year)

managing director Baek Eun-ha saying that pacing of the opening scene is "no joke"