04/05/2015 4pm
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 37th Street, Astoria
Dir. Lee Jeong-Beom. 2010, 119 mins. With Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Hee-won. One part Batman, one part Bourne, Korean mega-star, Won Bin, revamped his image as a hard man of action with this movie about a spy coming out of retirement to take on a ring of organ harvesters. The number one movie at the Korean box office in 2010 (beating Inception and Iron Man 2), it took home 16 film awards! The cast includes Won Bin, Kim Sae-Ron, Kim Tae-hoon, Kim Tae-hoon and Lee Jong-Pil. Part of The Sea of Revenge Focus, The Man From Nowhere will screen in Korean with English subtitles.
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http://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/film/action_korea.html