Two Trailers for ‘Hero’ Musical A couple of Korean Independence Activist
by Alex Billington
January 3, 2023
Supply: YouTube
“Lengthy reside Korea!” CJ Leisure has revealed two official trailers for a Korean historic biopic film referred to as Hero, to not be confused with Zhang Yimou’s iconic martial arts epic additionally referred to as Hero (from 2002). This one is a few completely different hero, a Korean independence fighter from the early 1900s pushing again in opposition to the Japanese occupation – An Jung-geun, an independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi, the primary Prime Minister of Japan and Resident-Normal of Korea in 1909. It is based mostly on a musical from the stage, and has been tailored for the display additionally as a musical. Starring Chung Sung Hwa as An Jung-geun, with Kim Go Eun, Na Moon Hee, Cho Chae Yun, Bae Jung Nam, Jo Woo Jin, Park Jin Joo, and Lee Hyun Woo. Early critiques say the film “delves deeper into completely different sides of Ahn in comparison with the stage model, portraying him not solely as a heroic independence activist but in addition as a religious Catholic, father, husband, son and pal.” In case you’ve by no means seen a Korean historic musical earlier than, you need to test it out.
This is the 2 official trailers (+ Korean poster) for JK Youn’s Hero film, direct from CJ’s YouTube:
Based mostly on the hit stage musical of the identical title, the biopic movie will observe the true story of An Jung-geun (Chung Sung Hwa), a Korean-independence activist who assassinated Itō Hirobumi, the primary Prime Minister of Japan and Resident-Normal of Korea in 1909. Hero, initially referred to as 영웅 in Korean, is directed by Korean filmmaker JK Youn (aka Yoon Je-kyoon), director of the movies My Boss My Hero, Intercourse Is Zero, Romantic Murderer, Miracle on 1st Avenue, Tidal Wave, and Ode to My Father beforehand. The script is written by Yoon Je-kyoon and Han Ah-reum. It is based mostly on the stage musical of the identical title. Produced by Jeon Min. This primary opened in theaters in Korea in December 2022, with a global launch deliberate in 2023. No precise US launch date is about but – keep tuned for extra. Look any good? Who needs to observe this?
