Chasing (2016 film)

Chasing (Korean: 잡아야 산다; RR: Jabaya Sanda; lit. "Catch Him to Survive") is a 2016 South Korean action comedy film about a top CEO (played by Kim Seung-woo) who has his cellphone stolen by a fearless gang of male high-school students led by the rebellious Han Won-tae (played by Hyuk of VIXX, in his film debut)[1] and homicide detective (played by Kim Jung-tae) who loses his gun to the same gang of high-school students. Both the gun and the cellphone are very valuable to the CEO and detective. Hence, begins a fast-paced pursuit in order to retrieve their items back from the gang.

Chasing
Promotional poster for Chasing
Directed byOh In-chun
Screenplay byOh In-chun (Dramatization)
StarringKim Seung-woo
Kim Jung-tae
Han Sang-hyuk
Shin Kang-woo
Kim Min-gyu
Moon Yong-seok
CinematographyKwon Sang-jun
Edited byMun In-dae
Music byJo On-sung
Production
company
The Queen D&M
Distributed byOpus Pictures
Release date
  • January 7, 2016 (2016-01-07) (South Korea)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The film was directed by Oh In-chun (the director of Mourning Grave) and released in theaters on January 7, 2016.[2][3]

Plot

One night, Seung-Joo, CEO loses his cellphone to four male high-school students and Jung-Taek, a detective, loses his gun to the same high-school students. The cellphone and gun are very valuable to Seung-Joo and Jung-Taek. The two men must get their items back from the delinquent high school students.

Cast

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 Jackie Chan Action Movie Awards (SIFF) Best Action Movie New Performer[6] Han Sang-hyuk Won

References
  1. "VIXX′s Hyuk to Make Acting Debut in New Movie". mwave.interest.me. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  2. "VIXX's Hyuk Transforms Into a Rebellious Teen in Stills from Debut Film". soompi.com. December 7, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  3. "빅스 한상혁 '잡아야 산다'로 스크린 데뷔..꽃고딩 변신". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). December 7, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  4. "VIXX's Hyuk to make his acting debut in comedy action film 'Have to Catch It to Live'!". allkpop.com. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  5. "VIXX's Hyuk to Make His Acting Debut Through Upcoming Movie". allkpop.com. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
  6. "빅스 한상혁 '잡아야 산다'로 스크린 데뷔..꽃고딩 변신". Nate (in Korean). June 17, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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