Confession (2014 film) explained
Confession |
Native Name: | Hanja: | 좋은 들 | Rr: | Johun chingudul | Mr: | Choh ch'inuntŭl |
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Director: | Lee Do-yun |
Producer: | Lee Tae-hun Choi Nak-kwon |
Starring: | Ji Sung Ju Ji-hoon Lee Kwang-soo |
Music: | Jang Young-gyu |
Cinematography: | Yu Eok |
Editing: | Steve M. Choe |
Studio: | Opus Pictures |
Distributor: | CJ Entertainment |
Runtime: | 114 minutes |
Country: | South Korea |
Language: | Korean |
Gross: | US$2,801,991 |
Confession (; lit. "Good Friends") is a 2014 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film starring Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon and Lee Kwang-soo.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Plot
Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Hyun-tae is a paramedic with a daughter in kindergarten, In-chul is a con man who works at an insurance company, and Min-soo is a small business owner. Hyun-tae's mother, who owns an illegal gambling arcade, asks In-chul to stage a robbery/arson of her arcade to get an insurance settlement. But when it results in her accidental death, the friends have a falling out and their relationships with each other are forever changed.[5]
Cast
- Ji Sung as Im Hyun-tae [6]
- Ju Ji-hoon as Jung In-chul
- Jeon Ji-hwan as young Jung In-chul
- Lee Kwang-soo as Kim Min-soo [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Ham Sung-min as young Kim Min-soo
- Lee Hwi-hyang as Hyun-tae's mother
- Ki Gook-seo as Hyun-tae's father
- Choi Jin-ho as Shin Yi Soo
- Jung Ji-yoon as Mi-ran
- Jang Hee-jin as Ji-hyang
- Choi Byung-mo as Jae-gyu
- Ri Min as Detective Choi
- Hwang Chae-won as Yoo-ri
- Yang Jae-young as Ho-sung
- Park Sang-hyeon as Department head Kim
- Lee Young-soo as Detective Lee
- Ham Sung-min as Min-soo
- Nam Moon-cheol as Chief of police
- Kwak Min-seok as Center head
- Jeon In-geol as Assassin
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards[11] | Best New Director | Lee Do-yun | |
Best Screenplay | Lee Do-yun | |
Best Editing | Steve M. Choe | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Conran. Pierce. JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo Team Up for New Film. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2014-05-30. 16 December 2013. 2014-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531091624/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=2825. live.
- Web site: Hong. Grace Danbi. Ji Sung, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Kwang Soo Cast in Movie Good Friends. enewsWorld. 2014-05-30. 11 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208224801/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/53182/jisung-joojihoon-and-leekwangsoo-cast-in-movie-together. 8 February 2014. dead.
- Web site: Kim. Hee-eun. Ji, Ju and Lee Good Friends after film. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-06-20. 13 June 2014. 2014-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726021317/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2990519. live.
- Web site: Jin. Eun-soo. Masculinity, brutality themes of Confession. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-06-20. 20 June 2014. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234428/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2990871. live.
- Web site: Jin. Eun-soo. Confession puts true friendship to the test. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-07-08. 4 July 2014. 2014-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20140706040144/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2991515. live.
- Web site: Lee. Sun-min. Ji to star in new movie Good Friends. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-05-30. 12 December 2013. 2014-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20140531123835/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2981879. live.
- Web site: Lee. Cory. Lee Kwang-soo to Display Deep Bromance with Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon. TenAsia. 2014-05-30. 11 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330082249/http://www.tenasia.com/lee-kwang-soo-to-display-deep-bromance-with-ji-sung-ju-ji-hoon/. 30 March 2014. dead.
- Web site: Hong. Grace Danbi. Lee Kwang Soo Wipes Off the Smile on His Face for Good Friends. enewsWorld. 2014-05-30. 28 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529103901/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/67022/leekwangsoo-releases-movie-still. 29 May 2014. dead.
- Web site: Ha. Soo-jung. Interview: Lee Kwang Soo Will Not Leave Running Man Just to Focus on Other Projects. enewsWorld. 2014-06-29. 28 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140701100050/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69433/interview-leekwangsoo. 1 July 2014. dead.
- Web site: Ahn. Sung-mi. Herald Interview: Funnyman gets serious. The Korea Herald. 2014-07-03. 30 June 2014. 2014-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702155200/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140630000935. live.
- Web site: June. Kim. The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2014-11-12. 12 November 2014. 2014-12-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217131939/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=3211. live.