New film by director YOO Ha, starring LEE Min-ho and KIM Rae-won
Gangnam Blues, starring
LEE Min-ho and
KIM Rae-won has been sold to 11 Asian countries including China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia. Simply for the fact that Korean Wave stars LEE Min-ho and KIM Rae-won would be starring and also that it is a new film by
YOO Ha, who has made films which Korean style action and emotions are well blended in such as
Spirit Of Jeet Keun Do - Once Upon A Time In High School and
A Dirty Carnival, many distributors in different Asian countries has constantly inquired about sales and distribution of the film.
Since the film received a lot of interest even before shooting, very popular and renowned companies bought it. Japanese distributor is The Klockworx, which imported and distributed
The Yellow Sea, The Chaser and
Cold Eyes. In China, Shanghai New Empire Entertainment, a complex entertainment company, and Shenzhen Da Fang Media, which distributed
Iron Man 3 and
The Thieves in the past, bought the sales right of
Gangnam Blues. The film will be also distributed by Edko Films, the biggest production, investment and distribution company in Hong Kong. The company distributed
Brokeback Mountain and
Lust, Caution and produced
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and
Hero before. The Singaporean distributor of this film Golden Village distributed
Edge of Tomorrow and
Divergent earlier.
Gangnam Blues, the third part of the street trilogy of YOO Ha following
Spirit Of Jeet Keun Do - Once Upon A Time In High School and
A Dirty Carnival, is a film about desire, fidelity and betrayal of two guys in the 1970s when development was booming around the Gangnam area of Seoul.