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The Devil's Game (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Devil's Game
| image = The Devil's Game film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Yoon In-ho
| producer = Lee Seo-yeol
Kim Sang-yun
Park Chang-hyeon
Jeong Geun-hyeon
| writer = Yoon In-ho
Kim Mi-ra
Lee Jae-jin
| starring = Shin Ha-kyun
Byun Hee-bong
| music = Kim Jun-seong
| cinematography = Baek Dong-hyeon
| editing = Moon In-dae
| distributor = Prime Entertainment
| released =
| runtime = 116 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'The Devil's Game' (; lit. "The Game") is a 2008 South Korean film.
Plot
Struggling artist Min Hee-do (Shin Ha-kyun), is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik (Byun Hee-bong), who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. He loses the bet, and after a monthlong brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.
Cast
* Shin Ha-kyun ... Min Hee-do
* Byun Hee-bong ... Kang No-sik
* Lee Hye-young ... Lee Hye-rin, No-sik's wife
* Son Hyun-joo ... Min Tae-seok, Hee-do's uncle
* Lee Eun-sung ... Joo Eun-ah, Hee-do's girlfriend
* Jang Hang-sun ... Park Chang-ha
* Kim Hyeok ... Secretary Mr. Ahn
* Choo Sang-rok ... Dr. Kim
* Maeng Bong-hak ... Trustee Mr. Yoon
* Jo Cheong-ho ... President Kim
Release
'The Devil's Game' was released in South Korea on 31 January 2008,"[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2008.html#boxoffice Box-Office Admission Results]" (2008). 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 361,650 admissions."[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2008.02.01+%7E+2008.02.03&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (2008.02.01 ~ 2008.02.03). 'Hancinema'. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. As of 31 March 2008 it had received a total of 1,496,215 admissions, and as of 16 March 2008 grossed a toal of ."[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/korea/?yr=2008&wk=11&p=.htm South Korea Box Office March 1416, 2008]". 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
References
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