Sports Drama Sequel Stars Su Ae, OH Dal-su
While the first film dealt with a male ski jumping team, the new story focuses on women’s ice hokey. Su Ae appears as a North Korean defector who used to play on the national North Korean team. OH Dal-su plays the national team’s coach while OH Yeon-seo is another team member who switched to ice hockey after being kicked off the short track skating team.
Switching throughout her career between the big and small screen, Su Ae appeared in TV show
Mask last year, while her last film role was in the influenza thriller
The Flu in 2013. OH is coming off a huge 2015, in which he appeared in the hits
Veteran,
Assassination and
Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island. In addition to
Take Off 2, this year will see him appear in the currently filming disaster feature
Tunnel with
HA Jung-woo and
BAE Doo-na, as well as tackle his first lead role in
Pinching the Star, which will be released in March.
Director KIM Jong-hyun previously made
Mr. Gam’s Victory (2004) and
My New Partner (2008). The original, which attracted over eight million spectators, was directed by
KIM Yong-hwa. Though no release date has been assigned as yet,
Take Off 2 will be distributed by Megabit Plus M.