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- So Ji-sub cast in new Netflix crime noir series
- by Yonhap / Nov 03, 2023
Actor So Ji-sub was cast in a new South Korean original action series, Netflix said Friday.
The U.S. streaming giant said So was cast for the lead character, Nam Ki-jun, in the webtoon-based series, Gwangjang, which means plaza in English.
The webtoon of the same name revolves around Nam, a notorious former gangster with excellent physical fighting skills who returns to the dark world to get revenge for the death of his brother, Ki-seok (Lee Joon-hyuk of The Roundup: No Way Out). The series will be helmed by director Choi Sung-eun who produced the action series Tong: Memories, which was also adapted from a digital comic.
Other details on the production have yet to be determined, Netflix said.
South Korean actor So Ji-sub, who stars in the new sci-fi action fantasy movie Alienoid, poses for a photo during an event in Seoul in this file photo taken June 23, 2022. (Yonhap)
By Woo Jae-yeon
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