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Korean name | |
Hangul | 모던 보이 |
Revised Romanization | Modeon boi |
McCune–Reischauer | Modŏn poi |
Directed by | Jung Ji-woo |
Written by | Jung Ji-woo |
Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
Starring | Park Hae-il Kim Hye-soo |
Cinematography | Kim Tae-gyeong |
Edited by | Eom Yun-ju Wang Su-an |
Music by | Lee Jae-jin |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$3.8 million[1] |
Modern Boy (Korean: 모던 보이; RR: Modeon Boi) is a 2008 South Korean film about a rich, hedonistic playboy played by Park Hae-il who cannot care less that his country was colonized, and falls head over heels in love with a beautiful independence fighter.
Seoul, 1937. Lee Hae-myeong is a rich and hedonistic playboy who cares little for the Japanese colonization of his homeland. But things change when he falls in love with bar singer Jo Nan-sil, who turns out to be a member of the Korean independence movement.
Modern Boy was released in South Korea on 2 October 2008,[2] and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 329,956 admissions.[3] As of 26 October, the film had received a total of 761,090 admissions,[2] and as of 9 November had grossed a total of $3,839,780.[1]