The Five (film)
The Five (Korean: 더 파이브; RR: Deo Paibeu) is a 2013 South Korean horror thriller film written and directed by Jeong Yeon-shik based on his own webtoon The 5ive Hearts, which first appeared on internet portal Daum in April 2011.[2][3][4]
| The Five | |
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Poster | |
| Directed by | Jeong Yeon-shik |
| Written by | Jeong Yeon-shik |
| Based on | The 5ive Hearts by Jeong Yeon-shik |
| Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
| Starring | Kim Sun-a On Joo-wan Ma Dong-seok Shin Jung-geun Jung In-gi Lee Chung-ah |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju Park Gyeong-suk |
| Music by | Shim Hyeon-jeong |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$4.9 million[1] |
Kim Sun-a starred as a disabled woman who gathers four desperate people in need of organs to take revenge on the serial killer who murdered her family.[5][6][7][8][9]
Plot edit
Eun-ah was living a perfect, happy life with her family until a sociopathic young man named Jae-wook brutally and senselessly murders her husband and daughter in front of her eyes. Barely escaping alive herself, Eun-ah is left half-paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair. After her recovery, she grows fixated on taking revenge on him. Two years later, following a long search, she hones in within striking distance of the killer. Faced with such a dangerous adversary and her immobility, Eun-ah gathers four people marginalized by society, each with a different skill, to help her kill Jae-wook. In exchange, she is prepared to give them something they desperately need—her organs. All four accomplices—which include a North Korean defector, an ex-gangster, a doctor, and an engineer—are in need of organ transplants for various reasons, and Eun-ah promises them her organs once her revenge is complete. But things don't go as planned, and the killer turns the tables and starts hunting them himself.[10][11][12][13]
Cast edit
- Kim Sun-a as Go Eun-ah
- On Joo-wan as Oh Jae-wook
- Ma Dong-seok as Jang Dae-ho, ex-gangster
- Shin Jung-geun as Nam-cheol, engineer
- Jung In-gi as Cheol-min, doctor
- Lee Chung-ah as Park Jeong-ha, computer technician
- Park Hyo-joo as Hye-jin, Christian social worker
- Lee Yong-yi as Jeong-ha's mother
- Jo Han-cheol as Kim Seong-il, Eun-ah's husband
- Kim Hyun-soo as Kim Ga-young, Eun-ah's daughter
- Choi Hak-rak as Jeong-do
- Jung Soo-young as Dae-ho's wife
- Yeo Min-joo as Hyeon-joo, hospital patient
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Detective Park
- Park Ji-hong as Park Kyeong-soo, parking attendant
- Han Yeon-kyeong as Chae-young, Ga-young's school friend
- Lee Seung-hoon as Min-soo
- Go Bong-gu as Sang-gu
- Oh Min-ae as Baker
- Oh Man-seok as Loan shark boss
- Kim Gyeong-ran as Minimart owner
- Kim Min-kyu
References edit
- ^ "The Fives (2013)".
- ^ Tae, Sang-joon (25 November 2013). "JEONG Yeon-shik, Director of THE FIVES by TAE Sang-joon: Web Cartoonist Debuts Behind the Camera". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Yim, Seung-hye (6 December 2013). "Director takes new route to bring Fives to film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "The Five Kim Seon-ah synchronizes 100%". Hancinema. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Ho, Stewart (28 November 2012). "Kim Sun Ah in Discussion to Make Her Big Screen Return Through The Five". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Sunwoo, Carla (30 January 2013). "Kim Sun-a to make way back to the big screen". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Lee, Eun-ah (16 May 2013). . TenAsia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "High Fives". Korea JoongAng Daily. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "Korean actresses no longer pretend to be pretty, weak, ingenuous". The Dong-a Ilbo. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "The Fives". M-Line Distribution. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Conran, Pierce (7 November 2013). "Review: One-Stop Korean Revenge Shop THE FIVE Is A Bloody Good Time". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Mudge, James (15 April 2014). "The Five (2013) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ Song, Soon-jin (25 November 2013). "Box Office: November 7-20, 2013". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
External links edit
- Official website (in Korean)
- The Five on Facebook (in Korean)
- The Five at the Korean Movie Database
- The Five at HanCinema
- The 5ive Hearts webtoon at Daum (in Korean)