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Ashfall
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLee Hae-jun
Kim Byung-seo
Produced byLee Hae-jun
Kim Byung-seo
StarringLee Byung-hun
Ha Jung-woo
Ma Dong-seok
Bae Suzy
Jeon Hye-jin
Production
companies
Dexter Studios
CJ E&M
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • December 19, 2019 (2019-12-19) (South Korea)
Running time
128 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$17.7 million[2][3]

Ashfall (Korean: 백두산; Hanja: 白頭山; RR: Baekdusan), also known as: Mount Paektu, is a 2019 South Korean action film directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byung-seo, starring Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Ma Dong-seok, Bae Suzy and Jeon Hye-jin. The film was released in December 2019 in South Korea.[5][6]

Plot

The volcano of Baekdu Mountain suddenly erupts, causing severe earthquakes in both North and South Korea. Pandemonium ensues on the Korean peninsula, with more eruptions predicted in the area.

To prevent another disaster, Jeon Yoo-kyung (Jeon Hye-jin) plans an operation based on a theory by Professor Kang Bong-rae (Ma Dong-seok). He had has studied Baekdu Mountain and its possible eruptions.

Jo In-chang (Ha Jung-woo) is the captain of a special forces team. He is tasked to take part in the operation, which holds the fates of South and North Korea in the balance. Jo In-chang contacts Lee Joon-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun) who is part of the Ministry of People's Armed Forces of North Korea as a spy. Meanwhile, Jo In-Chang's pregnant wife Choi Ji-young (Bae Suzy) is alone in Seoul. She struggles to survive against the disaster.


Cast

Production

Production on Ashfall ended on July 21 after five months of filming.

Release

The film was released December 19, 2019 in South Korea and on December 20 in the US. The film is set to be released on December 24 in Taiwan, January 1, 2020 in Hong Kong, January 2 in Singapore and Malaysia, January 8 in Indonesia, the day after in Thailand and Australia, and January 31 in Vietnam.[14]

Reception

Box office

On December 22 at 11 a.m. KST, “Ashfall” officially surpassed 2 million moviegoers, taking just four days to reach the milestone. Notably, the film had just reached 1 million moviegoers just the day before.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ "백두산". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ Ji-yoon, Hwang (21 November 2019). "Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo Team up for Disaster Blockbuster". Chosun. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ "A-list actors team up for $17 million movie 'Mount Paektu'". The Korea Times. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Ashfall (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  5. ^ "총 겨눈 이병헌vs하정우 '백두산' 폭발급 긴장감". Naver (in Korean). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ "'Ashfall' brings new threat to Seoul: a volcano: Disaster movie asks what people will do to protect their loved ones". Korea Joongang Daily. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ "'Ashfall' actors confident about film's eye-catching scale, storyline". Yonhap News. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ Yoon, Min-sik (3 December 2019). "Dictator's assassination, volcanic eruptions at Paektusan coming to big screens soon". Korea Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  9. ^ "LEE Byung-hun and HA Jung-woo Wrap MOUNT BAEKDU". Koreanfilm. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  10. ^ "이병헌 하정우 마동석 전혜진 배수지 '백두산', 긴장감 넘치는 보도스틸 공개". Breaknews (in Korean). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  11. ^ "'백두산' 하정우 "배수지와 부부 연기, 나이차 크지만 용기 내 촬영" [엑's 현장]". www.xportsnews.com (in Korean). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. ^ "수지, 홀터넥 드레스 소화 '여신 강림' (백두산)" (in Korean). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  13. ^ "[IS포토] 전혜진, 영화 백두산에서 냉철한 판단력을 가진 '민정수석'으로~". Ilyoseoul.co.kr (in Korean). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  14. ^ Jean, Noh (18 December 2019). "CJ announces pre-sales and release dates for action drama 'Ashfall'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  15. ^ "'백두산', 4일 만에 200만 관객 돌파…'극한직업'과 같은 속도". Naver (in Korean). 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Korea Box Office: 'Ashfall' Volcano Disaster Movie Dominates Weekend". Variety.com. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  17. ^ https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200107007200315?section=news
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