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MASTER, MEMOIR and SHADOWS Book Dates in Japan
Korean Thrillers Head East
A trio of Korean thrillers, KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows (2016) CHO Ui-seok’s Master (2016) and WON Shin-yun’s MEMOIR OF A MURDERER, are all headed to Japanese theaters in the coming months. Both titles that feature LEE Byung-hun will be released in November, with the third to follow in January.
The first Warner Bros. Korea production, Colonial Era spy action-thriller The Age of Shadows became Director KIM’s biggest hit during the Chuseok season last year when it welcomed 7.5 million viewers. Featuring SONG Kang-ho, GONG Yoo and LEE Byung-hun in a small role, the film will infiltrate Japan at some point in November.
LEE Byung-hun, GANG Dong-won and KIM Woo-bin form the core trio of financial fraud thriller Master from CJ Entertainment and Cold Eyes (2013) director CHO. The most successful title during the end-of-year period in 2016 with 7.15 million entries, the film will be out in Japan on November 10th.
Lastly, January 27th will welcome the release of MEMOIR OF A MURDERER, a new serial killer thriller starring SUL Kyung-gu and The Suspect (2013) director WON. The film, which is based on a novel of a killer with Alzheimer’s trying to protect his daughter from another killer, hits Korean screens this week through distributor Showbox.
