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The Prison (2017 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Prison' is a 2017 South Korean prison action film directed by Na Hyun and starring Han Suk-kyu and Kim Rae-won. It was released on March 23, 2017.
Plot
Story about a former detective Song Yoo-gun (Kim Rae-won) who enters a prison as a convict in order to meet a man who is known as "The King" among the inmates, so he can reveal the truth about his older sibling's death.
Cast
Main
* Han Suk-kyu as Jung Ik-ho* Kim Rae-won as Song Yoo-gun
Supporting
* Jung Woong-in as Governor Kang* Jo Jae-yoon as Lee Hong-pyo
* Kim Sung-kyun as Dr. Kim
* Shin Sung-rok as Chang-gil
* Lee Geung-young as Head correctional officer Bae
Others
* Han Sung-Yong as Gye-shik
* Han Joo-wan
* Cha Yup as Baek-jung
* Choi Sung-won
* Song Kyung-chul as Mr. Yang
* Kwak Min-ho as Hak-gyu
* Park Jin-woo as Teacher Oh
* Jeon Bae-soo
* Lee Chang-hee as Control room prison officer 1
* Na Kwang-hoon
* Yeon Song-ha
* Kim Kwang-hyun
* Seo Ho-chul
* Yoo Jung-ho as Seo Ki-tae
* Hyun Bong-shik as Agupae
* Kim Seung-hoon
* Park Jong-soo
* Byun Jung-hyun
* Lee Yong-jik
* Yun Byung-hee
* Bae Myung-jin
* Kang Shin-il
* Lee Sang-min
Production
The film marks the directing debut of Na Hyun, a veteran scriptwriter in the Korean film industry.
According to its distribution company Showbox, "The Prison" has been sold to 62 different countries. Showbox has sealed several deals on the film. After the film's launch at AFM, It will go to Well Go USA for North America, JBG Pictures for Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Lemon Tree for China, Viva Communication for the Philippines, and Movie Cloud for Taiwan. Showbox held a market screening for film on February 11, 2017 during EFM.
"The Prison" was invited to compete in the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival that ran from April 416, 2017 and the Far East Film Festival that ran from April 2129, 2017 in Udine, Italy.
Test shoots began on January 27, 2016. Filming began on February 14 and ended on May 22, 2016.
References
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