The Phone (film)

The Phone

Poster
Hangul 더 폰
Directed by Kim Bong-ju
Starring Son Hyun-joo
Distributed by Next Entertainment World[1]
Release date
  • October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
Running time
 115 minutes[2]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office ₩12.1 billion[3]

The Phone (Korean: 더 폰) is a 2015 South Korean fantasy thriller film directed by Kim Bong-ju. The film is the directorial debut of the director.[1] It was released on October 22, 2015.[2] This movie is not to be confused with another South Korean movie of similar title but released in 2002 or with the American TV series and the Dutch TV reality show both of which have the same title as this movie.

Plot[4]

A man (Son Hyun-joo) became broken-hearted after the murder of his wife (Uhm Ji-won). A magnetic field anomaly allows him to talk to his wife from the past. Can he prevent her murder?

Cast[4]

Son Hyun-joo ------ Ko Dong-Ho
Uhm Ji-won ------ Jo Yeong-Soo
Bae Seong-woo ------ Do Jae-Hyun
Hwang Bo-ra ------ Kim Hye-Jin
Roh Jeong-eui ------ Ko Kyung-Rim
Jang In-Sub ------ Department Head Kim
Jo Dal-Hwan ------ Kim Gyu-Soo
Lee Cheol-Min ------ Son Suk-Ho
Park Ji-So ------ Do Soo-Jung
Hwang Suk-Jung ------ Seo Kwang-Hyun
Kim Jong-Goo ------ Park Se-Moon
Lee Soo-In ------ resident
Kim Ki-Cheon ------ police substation chief
Lee Sang-Hwa ------ hunting man
Song Bong-Geun ------ Detective Song

Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ₩5.78 billion.[1] By its third weekend, it had earned ₩12.1 billion.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kevin Ma (October 26, 2015). "The Phone rings up South Korea box office". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The Phone (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kevin Ma (November 10, 2015). "The Priests possesses South Korean cinemas". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "The Phone". Asianwiki. Retrieved 1st June 2016
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.