After producing RYOO Seung-wan’s <The Unjust> (2010) and YOON Jong-bin’s <Nameless Gangster : Rules of Time> (2012), HAN Jae-duk set up the production company SANAI Pictures in 2012. As its name may suggest – ‘sanai’ being the Korean word for man – this studio produces mostly pictures aimed at a male audience. This was the case with its first release, <New World> (2013), which not only was a commercial hit but also left a significant mark in the ...More

After producing RYOO Seung-wan’s <The Unjust> (2010) and YOON Jong-bin’s <Nameless Gangster : Rules of Time> (2012), HAN Jae-duk set up the production company SANAI Pictures in 2012. As its name may suggest – ‘sanai’ being the Korean word for man – this studio produces mostly pictures aimed at a male audience. This was the case with its first release, <New World> (2013), which not only was a commercial hit but also left a significant mark in the Korean noir genre. Among the nine films Sanai Pictures has produced so far are <A Violent Prosecutor> (2015), which drew in over 9.7 million viewers, as well as <The Shameless> (2015) and <The Spy Gone North> (2018), which both premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.Less