Time Renegades
| Time Renegades | |
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| Directed by | Kwak Jae-yong |
| Written by | Go Jung-woon |
| Produced by | Lee Jin-eun |
| Starring | Im Soo-jung Jo Jung-suk Lee Jin-wook |
| Cinematography | Lee Sung-je |
Production companies | CJ Entertainment Sangsang Film |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$8.4 million[1] |
Time Renegades (Korean: 시간이탈자; Hanja: 時間離脫者; RR: Siganitalja) is a South Korean romantic thriller film directed by Kwak Jae-yong.[2][1] It was released in South Korea by CJ Entertainment on April 13, 2016.[1][3] [4][5]
Plot
On January 1, 1983, high school teacher Ji-hwan (Jo Jeong-seok) meets a robber and loses consciousness while proposing to his fellow schoolmate and lover Yoon-jung (Im Soo-jung). On January 1, 2015, violent detective Gun-woo (Lee Jin-wook) will also be shot and killed by the criminal he was chasing. About 30 years apart, Ji-hwan and Geon-woo, who were taken to the same hospital at the same time and at the same time, manage to survive from life-and-death situations, and after that day, the two begin to see each other's daily lives through their dreams. The two men didn't believe at first, but find themselves real people at different times. Geon-woo is attracted to Ji-hwan's fiancee, Yoon-jung, as she is destined to meet So-eun (im Su-jeong), who looks surprisingly similar to her. One day, while investigating an unsolved murder case in the 1980s, Gunwoo finds a record of Yun-jung being killed 30 years ago and begins digging into the case. Ji-hwan also learns from Gun-woo that his fiancee, Yoon-jung, is destined to die soon. The two men, together, start a hunt that goes beyond time to prevent the scheduled death of Yun-jung... different times, one murder The desperate struggle of two men to save her beloved begins!
Cast
- Im Soo-jung as Seo Yoon-jung / Jung So-eun
- Jo Jung-suk as Baek Ji-hwan
- Lee Jin-wook as Kim Gun-woo
- Jung Jin-young as Chief Kang (Kang Seung-beom)
- Lee Tae-ri as young Kang Seung-beom
- Lee Ki-woo as Detective Lee
- On Joo-wan as Teacher Park
- Jun Shin-hwan as Biology teacher
- Kim Bo-ra as Choi Hyun-joo
- Jung Woong-in as Kang Hyung-chul
- Park Ah-sung as Science lab male student
Reception
Box office
The film was number-one on its opening weekend in South Korea with US$2.5 million[6] and a total of 547,000 admissions and US$3.94 million on its first five days.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Kil, Sonia (April 17, 2016). "Korea Box Office: Kwak Jae-yong's 'Time Renegades' Debuts on Top". Variety. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ Kim, Ji-hye (2016-03-02). "'시간이탈자' 임수정-조정석-이진욱, 멜로의 달인이 만났다". SBS. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ "Time Renegades (Movie - 2016)". HanCinema. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Time Renegades - Film Review". variety.com
- ^ "Korean Film Review". koreanfilm.or.kr
- ^ "South Korea Box Office April 15–17, 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
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