Roving Edge

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Roving Edge
Hangul
Hanja 하는 칼날
Revised Romanization Banghwanghaneun Kalnal
McCune–Reischauer Panghwanghanŭn K‘alnal
Directed by Lee Jung-ho
Based on The Hovering Blade 
by Keigo Higashino
Starring Jung Jae-young
Lee Sung-min
Seo Jun-young
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Roving Edge (Hangul: 방황하는 칼날; RR: Banghwanghaneun Kalnal) is an upcoming South Korean revenge thriller about a father (played by Jung Jae-young) who becomes a fugitive as he hunts down the two men responsible for his daughter's rape and murder, in a timely exploration of justice in the digital era.[1]

It is adapted from Keigo Higashino's 2004 novel The Hovering Blade (さまよう刃 Samayou Yaiba). This is the third South Korean film adapted from the Japanese novelist's work, after White Night (2009) and Perfect Number (2012).[2]

Plot

Following the death of his wife, Sang-hyeon lives a quiet life with his 15-year-old daughter Su-jin. But one day she is abducted, raped and killed and Sang-hyeon is left by himself, with nothing left to cling on to but his feelings of anger and despair. The investigation into his daughter's death is progressing slowly, so restless and unable to sit quiet any longer, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Sang-hyeon receives a mysterious call from someone who tells him an address to which he goes and finds evidence incriminating the two killers. He tracks one down and kills him and now that the police are on his tail he is hellbent on finding the second man responsible for his daughter's death.[3]

Cast

References

  1. "Roving Edge". The Film Catalogue. Retrieved 2014-01-10. 
  2. Lee, Tae-ho (26 October 2012). "Lee Sung-min, Jung Jae-young's New Movie to Crank in December". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18. 
  3. Conran, Pierce (27 January 2013). "Roving Edge". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-01-30. 

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