CHO Jin-woong, CHA Seung-won and More in Johnny TO Thriller Remake

 

The Silenced (2015) director LEE Hae-young will be back on set at the beginning of July as he kicks off production of his fourth feature Drug War, a Korean remake of Johnny To’s 2013 HK-China co-production. Joining the director on set are CHO Jin-woong, CHA Seung-won, KIM Joo-hyuk and RYU Jun-yeol.

The story follows a detective who poses as a drug dealer to score a major narcotics bust. A Hard Day (2014) star CHO plays the cop while rising actor RYU, seen in The King earlier this year, will play a drug dealer who is compelled to help him. Meanwhile, CHA was last seen in the thriller Man on High Heels (2014) while KIM has been very active of late, featuring in The Truth Beneath (2016) and Confidential Assignment among many more.

After working on several screenplays towards the beginning of the millennium, including RYOO Seung-wan’s Arahan (2004), director LEE helmed his first feature, the wrestling coming-of-age drama Like a Virgin with LEE Hae-jun in 2006. He followed that with the erotic comedy-drama Foxy Festival in 2010 and period drama-thriller The Silenced.

LEE is working with production company Yong Film Inc. which was previously responsible for PARK Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden among others. Financing the film is KIDARI ENT, which has made films such as The Deal (2015) and The Chosen: Forbidden Cave (2015).

Related People

• KIM Joo-hyuk
• RYOO Seungwan
• PARK Chanwook
• LEE Hae-young
• LEE Hae-jun
• CHO Jin-woong
• CHA Seoung-won
• RYU Jun-yeol

Related Films

• Arahan 2004
• Like A Virgin 2006
• Foxy Festival 2010
• A Hard Day 2014
• Man on High Heels 2014
• The Truth Beneath 2016
• The Silenced 2015
• The Handmaiden 2016
• The Deal 2015
• Confidential Assignment 2017
• The King 2017
• The Chosen: Forbidden Cave 2015

Related Company

• Yong Film Inc.
• KIDARI ENT http://www.kidarient.co.kr/