The Devil's Game (film)
The Devil's Game (Korean: 더 게임; RR: Deo Geim; lit. "The Game") is a 2008 South Korean film.
| The Devil's Game | |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Deo Geim |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tŏ Geim |
| Directed by | Yoon In-ho |
| Written by | Yoon In-ho Kim Mi-ra Lee Jae-jin |
| Produced by | Lee Seo-yeol Kim Sang-yun Park Chang-hyeon Jeong Geun-hyeon |
| Starring | Shin Ha-kyun Byun Hee-bong |
| Cinematography | Baek Dong-hyeon |
| Edited by | Moon In-dae |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Distributed by | Prime Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$10,287,987 |
Plot
Struggling artist Min Hee-do (Shin Ha-kyun), is offered three billion won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik (Byun Hee-bong), who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. He loses the bet, and after a monthlong brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Shin Ha-kyun ... Min Hee-do
- Byun Hee-bong ... Kang No-sik
- Lee Hye-young ... Lee Hye-rin, No-sik's wife
- Son Hyun-joo ... Min Tae-seok, Hee-do's uncle
- Lee Eun-sung ... Joo Eun-ah, Hee-do's girlfriend
- Jang Hang-sun ... Park Chang-ha
- Kim Hyeok ... Secretary Mr. Ahn
- Choo Sang-rok ... Dr. Kim
- Maeng Bong-hak ... Trustee Mr. Yoon
- Jo Cheong-ho ... President Kim
Release
The Devil's Game was released in South Korea on 31 January 2008,[4] and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 361,650 admissions.[5] As of 31 March 2008 it had received a total of 1,496,215 admissions,[4] and as of 16 March 2008 grossed a toal of US$10,287,987.[6]
References
- Yi, Chang-ho (12 December 2007). "Offbeat Shin Ha-kyun Plays The Devil's Game". Korean Film Biz Zon.
- Yang, Sung-jin (21 January 2008). "The Devil's Game plays in wrong arena". The Korea Herald via Hancinema.
- "Devil's Game Explores Bet on Money or Youth". The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 January 2008.
- "Box-Office Admission Results" (2008). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
- "Korean Box Office" (2008.02.01 ~ 2008.02.03). Hancinema. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
- "South Korea Box Office March 14–16, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- The Devil's Game at the Korean Movie Database
- The Devil's Game at IMDb
- The Devil's Game at HanCinema