Korean Movies Opening Today 2024/07/03 in Korea

Published on 2024/07/03 | Source

Korean movies opening today 2024/07/03 in Korea: "Escape", "Smartphone Matters" and "Minyo Cello"

"Escape" (2022)

With Lee Je-hoon, Koo Kyo-hwan, Hong Xa-bin, Song Kang, Esom, Lee Ho-jung,...

Synopsis
Fear a Meaningless Life, Not Death Itself
Military camp nearby the DMZ of a divided land, where South is the land of freedom, and the opposite side is land of repression. Sergeant Gyoo-nam (Lee Je-hoon), who has been planning an escape to South for a long time, gets caught while stopping a common soldier, Dong-hyeok, from escaping. At risk of execution, State Security Department Major Hyeon-sang (Koo Kyo-hwan) recognizes Gyoo-nam from childhood. Instead of accusing him, Hyeon-sang decides to make Gyoo-nam a hero, who caught a deserter. Hyeon-sang, therefore, has succeeded in securing his performance records by saving Gyoo-nam's life. Nevertheless, Gyoo-nam wants to live his life by his own will, not the government's commands. He never gives up on crossing the border. On the other hand, Hyeon-sang desperately stops Gyoo-nam to protect his life which has been built by giving up his dream.

"Smartphone Matters" (2024)

Directed by In Jin-su, Jung Yoo-kyung-I, Kim So-jung, Paeng Sung-woo

With Kim So-jung, Hwang Kyung-ah, Lee Do-yeon-IV,...

Synopsis
Hwang Eun-jeong, a third-year middle school student in 2011, was moved by the sight of her friends switching to smartphones one by one. She begged her mother, but her mother did not budge. Eun-jeong is obsessed with her desire to switch to a smartphone, so she takes extraordinary measures...

"Minyo Cello" (2024)

Directed by Arts Council Korea, Lim Yi-hwan

With Lim Yi-hwan,...

Synopsis
Lim Yi-hwan's Folk Song Cello, MINYO CELLO, presents Lim Yi-hwan's unique world of works that are ahead of the times, consisting of traditional Korean music, Western traditional instruments, and contemporary instruments. Through this performance, she hopes to interpret Korean folk songs in a new way, through the music of five cellos and a band, and convey a broad sympathy to the audience that transcends generations and times.