I Saw the Devil release on August 11
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Director Kim Jee-woon's highly anticipated new thriller "I Saw the Devil" has its summer release date set for August 11, as announced by the film's distributor Showbox. KIM's return to the noir-thriller style of his 2005 hit "A Bittersweet Life" stars top actor Lee Byung-hun and leading thespian Choi Min-sik (Old Boy).
Both actors have worked with KIM in previous films, LEE playing the villain in "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (2008) and the embattled hero of A Bittersweet Life, while CHOI starred in KIM's debut feature "The Quiet Family" (1998). "I Saw the Devil" also marks CHOI's first return to mainstream filmmaking since his portrayal of a vicious killer in 2005's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance".
The new film has CHOI reprising the role of an extreme psychopath, who, when he makes the daughter of a retired police his latest victim, is tracked down by her fiancé, played by LEE, a secret agent whose scheme of vengeance is equally gruesome.
The film's international sales rep FineCut has already made a slew of pre-sales deals including to the UK, France, Taiwan and Turkey.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
Both actors have worked with KIM in previous films, LEE playing the villain in "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" (2008) and the embattled hero of A Bittersweet Life, while CHOI starred in KIM's debut feature "The Quiet Family" (1998). "I Saw the Devil" also marks CHOI's first return to mainstream filmmaking since his portrayal of a vicious killer in 2005's "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance".
The new film has CHOI reprising the role of an extreme psychopath, who, when he makes the daughter of a retired police his latest victim, is tracked down by her fiancé, played by LEE, a secret agent whose scheme of vengeance is equally gruesome.
The film's international sales rep FineCut has already made a slew of pre-sales deals including to the UK, France, Taiwan and Turkey.
Nigel D'Sa (KOFIC)
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