Modern Boy
Theatrical poster

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	October 2, 2008 (2008-10-02)
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.

Plot

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.

Cast

Park Hae-il ... Lee Hae-myeong
Kim Hye-soo ... Jo Nan-sil
Kim Nam-gil ... Shinsuke Hidaka, Japanese detective
Kim Joon-bae ... Baek Sang-heo
Kim Young-jae ... Okai ???
Shin Goo ... Lee Hae-myeong's father
Li Bo Wen ... Japanese detective, ???
Joo Seok-tae ... Policeman
Hong Seung-jin ... Cheol-kwon
Do Ji-won ... Ishida Yoko
Moon Won-joo as Detective

Release

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]