Coin Locker Girl

Coin Locker Girl
Directed by Han Jun-hee
Produced by Yoon Kyung-hwan
Written by Han Jun-hee
Based on Coin Locker Babies 
by Ryū Murakami
Starring Kim Hye-soo
Kim Go-eun
Production
company
Pollux Pictures
Distributed by CGV Arthouse[1]
Release dates
  • April 29, 2015 (South Korea)
Running time
 110 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Coin Locker Girl (Hangul: 차이나타운; RR: Chainataun; lit. Chinatown) is a 2015 South Korean film directed by Han Jun-hee, starring Kim Hye-soo and Kim Go-eun.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It has been selected to screen in the International Critics' Week section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[8][9][10]

Plot

A baby is found abandoned inside a coin locker at Western Seoul train station in 1996. A beggar takes her and names her Il-young, then when she turns 10, she is sold off to a woman referred to simply as Mother. Mother is the boss of a loan shark and organ trafficking crime ring in Chinatown, Incheon; she has held on to her position of power by being dispassionate and calculating, and by keeping by her side only those of use to her. Mother raises the young child, eventually grooming her for a position in her organization. By the time Il-young is 18 years old, she has become Mother's trusted right hand. One day, Il-young is given a task: to get close to Suk-hyun, the son of a debtor. Over the course of a few days, she becomes friends with the boy and is exposed to a world she never knew existed. She envies the normalcy that other teenage girls enjoy and opens her heart to Suk-hyun. But when his father flees, Mother orders her to kill Suk-hyun. Il-young cannot go through with it and by making that single choice, she must now flee from the only family she has ever known.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Conran, Pierce (29 December 2014). "Genre Diversity from Major 3 in 2015". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Conran, Pierce (14 May 2014). "KIM Hye-soo and KIM Go-eun Team Up for COIN LOCKER GIRL". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kim Hye-soo Undergoes Transformation for Her Upcoming Film". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Kwon, Ji-youn (13 April 2015). "Star actresses top cast credits in upcoming films". The Korea Times. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Jin, Eun-soo (24 April 2015). "Noir film Coin Locker Girl puts women in lead". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Kim Hye-soo Excited to Take on New Challenge". The Chosun Ilbo. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Won, Ho-jung (28 April 2015). "Herald Review: Life in its harshest form in Coin Locker Girl". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Selection of the 54th Semaine de la Critique". International Critics' Week. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (20 April 2015). "Cannes: Critics' Week unveils 2015 line-up". Screen International. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Conran, Pierce (21 April 2015). "Critics' Week Takes COIN LOCKER GIRL". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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