We have long paid attention to modern action cinema produced in South Korea and have been actively watching it for more than 20 years. This year, the Koreans, as they say, also decided to give fans of action films and hand-to-hand cinema a hard time. And this is good!
To the list of projects already released or announced in 2023, you can safely add an action series called "Bandit Song" (Song of the Bandits), which is also a classic western in genre, which immediately refers us to another similar Korean action film "The Good, the Bad, the Damn" (2008). The directors of the project were Hwang Joon-hyuk (TV series “38th Operational Group”) and Park Hyun-seok (TV series “The Perfect Spy”).
Synopsis: 1920s Korea under Japanese occupation. Homeless people are flocking to Jiandao, a Chinese border region on the northern bank of the Tumannaya River. There, travelers from all sides settle and band together to protect their settlement from outside harm.
The following actors took part in the series: Kim Nam-gil ("Memoirs of a Killer") Seohyun (series “Scarlet Heart”), Yoo Jae-myung ("Gangster, cop, devil"), Lee Hyun-wook ("Shark: The Beginning"), Lee Ho-jeong (“Young Cops”) and others.
All Western episodes "Bandit Song" have already appeared on the streaming platform Netflix 22 September 2023 years.
The next film in the selection, I could become sports drama with a strong female character, of which there have already been plenty released this year, but this is a romantic comedy with elements of hand-to-hand combat.
The director of the film called "Responsible Citizen" (Brave Citizen) became Park Jin-pyo (“The Voice of a Killer,” “My Love Is with Me,” “Today’s Love”), adapting the popular web comic of the same name.
The plot will revolve around Tak Shi-min, who was a promising boxer in her student years. She currently works as a contract teacher in a secondary school. Her only goal is to become a full-time teacher. But in order to achieve her goal, she is forced to use her fighting skills, because the young and hot-blooded Han Su-gang constantly gets into fights and is the most problematic student in school. But there is a problem - he is in her class.
The main acting duet in the film performed Shin Hye-sung (“Innocent”) and Lee Joon-young (TV series “Deserter Hungter”), other roles include Park Hyuk-kwok ("Taxi driver"), Cha Cheon-hwa (“Train to Busan”) and others.
"Responsible Citizen" will appear in digital release 25 2023 October, the.
Let's finish today's selection of action films from South Korea with the final third part of the series by the writer and director Kim Han-min.
Let us remember that the director decided to make a trilogy about famous historical battles against the Japanese invaders. The first was "Battle of Myongryang Strait" (2014), second – "Battle of Hansan Island" (2022), the third is called "Battle of the Noryang Strait".
The story in the film will tell about the naval battle at Noryang Strait on December 16, 1598, the last battle of the Imjin War. The Korean fleet of 150 ships, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, confronts 500 ships of the Japanese aggressors.
The film's cast consists of Korean cinema stars: Kim Yun-seok ("Pursuer"), Jung Jae-yong ("Robbery"), Heo Joon-ho ("Ruthless"), Lim Il-gyu (“Joint Security Zone”), Jung Un-jeong ("Taxi driver"), Baek Yun-shik (“Reader of faces”) and others.
For rent "Battle of the Noryang Strait" will go 20 декабря 2023 года.
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Tags: Brave Citizen, Netflix, Song of the Bandits, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Han-min, Kim Yun-seok, Lee Joon-young, Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Ho-jeong, Lim Il-gyu, Park Hyuk-kwok, soap opera, Heo Joon-ho, Jung Jae-yong, Jung Un-jeong, Shin Hye-sung, Yoo Jae-myung
Added the second trailer for "The Battle of the Noryang Strait"