Country: South Korea
Year: 2000
Duration: 113'
Pusan, 1976. Four adolescents, who have been friends since childhood, become street-wise by watching Bruce Lee movies and surviving everyday violence. Joon-suk, in particular, exerts a certain fascination on the other three, since his father is a criminal boss. Fall 1990. The four friends have grown up. Joon-suk decides to follow in his father's footsteps and controls various illicit businesses. Dong-su, on the other hand, has joined a rival gang. Sang-taek and Joong-ho helplessly look on as war erupts between the two former friends.
"I like neither sentimental melodramas nor heart-stopping thrillers. I hope this film touches viewers, stimulating every cell in their body, and isn't just a diversion for the eyes" (Kwak Kyung-taek).
Biography
film director
Kwak Kyung-taek
Kyung-taek was born in Korea, and in 1995 he graduated from New York University with a degree in film directing. The same year he directed a short film, A Story of a Military Prison, which won at the Seoul Short Film Festival. In 1997 he directed his first full-length movie, 3 P.M. Paradise, which was invited to many festivals. Chingu is his third fiction film; it premiered in Korea on March 31, 2001 and since then has sold more than seven million tickets, a true record.
FILMOGRAFIA
A Story of a Military Prison (cm, 1995), 3 P.M. Paradise (1997), Dr. K (1998), Chingu (2000).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e Screenplay: Kwak Kyung-taek.
Director of photography: Hwang Ki-seok.
Art director: Oh Sang-man.
Costume designer: Wak Su-kyeong.
Editor: Park Gok-ji.
Sound: Kang Bong-seong
Music: Choi Man-shik, Choi Sun-shik.
Cast and characters: Yoo Oh-sung (Joon-suk), Jang Dong-gun (Dong-su), Suh Tae-hwa (Sang-taek), Jung Woon-taek (Joong-ho), Kim Bo-kyeong, Ju Hyeon, Ki Ju-bong.
Production company: Suk Myung-hong per Cineline II.
Co-production: JR Pictures.
Foreign sales agent: Cineclick Asia (Interclick co., ltd.), 3/F, Incline Bldg., 891-37 Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, tel. +82-2-5380211, fax +82-2-5380479, e-mail cineinfo@cineclickasia.com.
Director of photography: Hwang Ki-seok.
Art director: Oh Sang-man.
Costume designer: Wak Su-kyeong.
Editor: Park Gok-ji.
Sound: Kang Bong-seong
Music: Choi Man-shik, Choi Sun-shik.
Cast and characters: Yoo Oh-sung (Joon-suk), Jang Dong-gun (Dong-su), Suh Tae-hwa (Sang-taek), Jung Woon-taek (Joong-ho), Kim Bo-kyeong, Ju Hyeon, Ki Ju-bong.
Production company: Suk Myung-hong per Cineline II.
Co-production: JR Pictures.
Foreign sales agent: Cineclick Asia (Interclick co., ltd.), 3/F, Incline Bldg., 891-37 Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea, tel. +82-2-5380211, fax +82-2-5380479, e-mail cineinfo@cineclickasia.com.