05/07/2015 6:30pm – 8:45pm
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at East 70 Street), New York, NY
Gangnam Blues
(강남1970 Gang-nam-il-gu-chil-gong)
Directed by Yoo Ha
Starring: Lee Min-ho, Kim Rae-won
2015. South Korea. 135 min. DCP. In Korean with English subtitles.
Thursday, May 7, 2015, 6:30 pm
Directed by veteran filmmaker Yoo Ha (A Dirty Carnival, A Frozen Flower), Gangnam Blues is a sleek and stylish action thriller about childhood friendship, brotherhood, and betrayal set in the 1970s, during the height of social-political turmoil. Two friends who grew up in the same orphanage, Jong-dae (TV drama heartthrob Lee Min-ho in his film debut) and Yong-gi (Kim Rae-won), struggle to make ends meet and wind up working for two competing gangs. Politicians, real estate magnates, and gangsters vie with blood for territories south of the Han river, a district that is now the world-famous and hip Gangnam. Released in January in South Korea, Gangnam Blues will stand as one of the biggest box office hits of the year.
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