Bluebeard (2017 film)

Bluebeard (Korean: 해빙; Hanja: 解氷; RR: Haebing, lit. "Thawing") is a 2017 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Lee Soo-yeon. It stars Cho Jin-woong.[2][3]

Bluebeard
International poster
Hangul
해빙
Hanja
解氷
Revised RomanizationHaebing
Directed byLee Soo-yeon
Written byLee Soo-yeon
Produced byCho Jeong-jun
StarringCho Jin-woong
CinematographyUhm Hye-jung
Edited byKim Sun-min
Production
companies
Withus Film
Bull Pictures Inc
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$9 million[1]

Plot

Seung-Hoon (Cho Jin-Woong) is a physician who opened a clinic in Seoul but went bankrupt. He landed a job at a hospital and he soon gets involved in a series of murder cases when his patient murmurs something disturbing.

Cast
  • Cho Jin-woong as Byun Seung-hoon
  • Shin Goo as Jung Sung-geun's father
  • Kim Dae-myung as Jung Sung-geun
  • Song Young-chang as Jo Kyung-hwan / Nam In-soo
  • Lee Chung-ah as Mi-yeon
  • Yoon Se-ah as Jo Soo-jung
  • Kim Joo-ryoung as Mi-sook
  • Yoon Da-kyung as Ji-sook
  • Kim Kyung-min as Hospital Director
  • Lee Kang-jae as Jung Kyung-soo
  • Moon Jung-hyun as Byun Young-hoon
  • Jung Do-won as Tattoo man
  • Jung Ah-mi as Bae Jung-ja
  • Marie-Joelle Afarti as Jung Kyung-soo's mother
  • Han Chul-woo ad Jurisdiction Detective
  • Jo Suk-hyun - Captain of Gangnam Detective Squad
  • Park Hee-jung as Opening DJ
  • Koo Eun-jung as Weather Caster

Production

Bluebeard is director Lee Soo-yeon's first feature film in fourteen years after her 2003 film The Uninvited.[4] Cho Jin-woong, who played a doctor suffering a mental breakdown, lost nearly 40 pounds (18 kilograms) for his role in the film.[5][6]

Filming began on July 20, 2015, and ended on October 7, 2015.[7] The film was shot entirely in South Korea, and partially in the Philippines for the ending scene where the teenager met his Filipina mother.

Release

Bluebeard was released in theaters on March 1, 2017. It drew 386,088 viewers on its first day of release, setting the record for the best March opening ever in South Korea.[8][9][10] The film was sold to Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, the Philippines, and received a limited North American release in the U.S. and Canada.[11][12][13] The film was also selected to screen at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival and the Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy.[14]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2017 1st The Seoul AwardsBest Supporting ActorKim Dae-myungNominated
26th Buil Film AwardsBest ActorCho Jin-woongNominated
Best Supporting ActorKim Dae-myungNominated
Best ScreenplayLee Soo-yeonNominated
38th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Supporting ActorKim Dae-myungNominated
2018 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards[15] Nominated

References
  1. "Bluebeard (2017)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
  2. J., Lady (26 January 2017). "Watch: The Teaser Trailer for New Korean Thriller 'BLUEBEARD' Starring Cho Jin-Woong (The Handmaiden, 2016)". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  3. "'Bluebeard' pioneers new genre for Korean thriller". 28 February 2017.
  4. "Director of BLUEBEARD, LEE Soo-yeon". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
  5. "Cho Jin-woong loses 18 kg".
  6. "Actor Cho Jin-woong Reveals He's Lost 40 Pounds Thanks to Ha Jung-woo | the Korea Daily". www.koreadailyus.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. "KOBIZ - Korean Film Biz Zone : in Production". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  8. "'Bluebeard' off to a strong start".
  9. "LOGAN Claws Its Way to First Place". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
  10. Kil, Sonia (6 March 2017). "Korea Box Office: 'Logan' Opens on Top as 'Split' Sinks".
  11. "BLUEBEARD Notches Global Sales". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
  12. Brooks, Brian (17 March 2017). "Terrence Malick's SXSW Opener 'Song To Song' Rolls Out, 'T2 Trainspotting' Bows – Specialty B.O. Preview".
  13. "Lotte seals US, Japan deals on thriller 'Bluebeard'".
  14. Herald, The Korea (8 February 2017). "'Bluebeard' invited to film fests". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  15. 제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나. Newsen (in Korean). May 3, 2018.
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