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Thanks for the great highlight @stuartjmz, they're probably waiting for the Berlin film market news to start the ball rolling on 'One Line.' Finally! 

 

February 15, 2017

ONE LINE Reveals Movie Poster, Confirms End of March Release Date

Source: STARNEWS ++

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February 15, 2017

Im Si-wan’s new movie to open in March 

The upcoming film “One Line” starring In Si-wan and Jin Goo has been confirmed for a March release, the film’s distributor Next Entertainment World said Wednesday. 

NEW released a poster for the film, announcing it will hit local theaters near the end of March. 

The film is a crime thriller that tells the story of an ordinary university student, Min-jae, who joins a team of veteran scammers to steal money from a bank. 

Im will play Min-jae, the handsome student who is naturally skilled at the art of persuasion. Jin Goo will play a veteran scammer who can see through people. 

The film is directed by Yang Kyung-mo and produced by Miin Pictures and Kwak Pictures.

It will open alongside “Prison,” another crime flick starring Han Suk-kyu and Kim Rae-won.

By Rumy Doo (doo@heraldcorp.com)

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# OneLine Stills

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21 hours ago, Vo Ki Trieu said:

 

# OneLine Stills

cre: tw

 

Hi Vo Ki Trieu, thanks for sharing the photos. He looks sexy & HOT in the pictures.  I'm looking forward to this upcoming movie since Siwan will be playing a character, 'Minjae' that he's never really done before! He's a good actor & so far he seems able to pull off whatever he's given. In the movie, he plays a college student who looks innocent but after he's recruited into a group of con men, he turns into one of the best con men.  The movie will start playing in theaters at the end of March. I hope they could release more stills. Can't wait!

 

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“The List” Picks Actors Who Matched Perfectly With Their Webtoon Roles

 

 

On February 20, the tvN show “The List 2017” picked eight actors who fully embodied their original webtoon characters in the onscreen adaptations.

 

3. Lee Sung Min and Im Siwan

 

One of tvN’s early and most surprising hits, these two actors moved audiences in the highly relatable drama adaptation of “Incomplete Life (Misaeng”). Lee Sung Min’s performance was a worthy addition to his veteran career, while idol actor Im Siwan would go on to be cast in many other high-profile projects as a result of his work in the drama.

 

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credit : soompi news

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February 23, 2017

ONE LINE Confirms Release on March 29, new poster revealed

Source: Star News ++

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one line drops trailer

 

 

Jin Goo is back on the silver screen with Im Si Wan in a movie about scamming. Ha. What’s new but I’m excited to see these two actors together in a movie. The Koreans really love their frauds and scams since there have been so may movies centred on that dicey theme. Im Si Wan’s unasuming manner and acting style continue to be be his strength, which also him extremely watchable and likeable onscreen. Jin Goo is Jin Goo and is ever charismatic as ever… and well, the trailer speaks for itself. Let’s just say if Im Si Wan was scamming me, I wouldn’t know it based on that boy-next-door charm. The movie premieres in March.

 

 

 

source : https://breathlesssurvival.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/one-line-drops-trailer/

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Im Si-wan, Jin Goo promote ‘One Line’

 

Im Si-wan and Jin Goo on Monday got together for the press conference of the crime film “One Line.”

The movie’s title refers to a scammer’s trick of disguising his entire identity from name and age to occupation.

The plot centers on Min-jae, played by Im, an ordinary university student who meets the legendary veteran scammer Jang, played by Jin Goo. They team up to steal from a bank.
 

Jin Goo and Im Si-wan (Yonhap)

Min-jae is described as a “rising star of the scamming world,” with an innate talent for fooling unsuspecting targets with her smile. Im jokingly said at the press conference, “It was good to not act nice for once.”

Jang is a fraudulent mastermind who sees through people. Jin laughed while explaining his character was “a person who brings down a nice, naive student to the dirty field of loan scams.”

The movie’s director Yang Kyung-mo said the film features stories from many people regarding money and loans.

It will be released on March 29.

By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)

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February 27, 2017

Im Si Wan Attends One Line Press Conference

Source: BNTNews

[by Baek Soo Yeon] The press conference for movie ‘One Line’ was held in Apgujeong’s CGV in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, on February 27.

Singer and actor Im Si Wan attended the press conference. His charisma and great looks mesmerized all the journalists that were in the room to find out about the movie.

Movie ‘One Line’ is a movie that tells the story of Min Jae, a relatively ordinary college student who meets a legendary swindler. It will hit theaters on March 29.

New film 'One Line'

South Korean actor Im Si-wan, who stars in the new film "One Line," poses during an event to promote the film at a Seoul theater on Feb. 27, 2017. The movie, which is about plots among swindlers, will hit local screens on March 29. (Yonhap) (END)

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*** I need to see the first teaser of the drama to give me a glimpse of the chemistry of the cast. I hope we could get to see it soon.

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Plum Entertainment Addresses Reports Of Im Siwan Joining Their Agency

 

 

Im Siwan may be making headway on finding a new agency.

Recent reports claimed that the actor was discussing with Plum Entertainment, which represents actors like Kang Sora, in order to sign an exclusive contract with the agency. However, it appears the reports have jumped the gun.

A source from Plum Entertainment stated, “It is true that we have reached out to Im Siwan, but we have not had any specific discussions about a possible exclusive contract nor have there been any decisions made.”

The source reiterated that although they did contact the star with the interest of signing him on with an exclusive contract, their initial discussion has not led to any developments.

Meanwhile, all of ZE:A’s contracts with Star Empire ended back in January, and some members have reportedly been looking into other agencies.

 

Source (1) / soompi news

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March 17, 2017

Yim Si-wan, Jin Goo sport spring retro outfits

(Vogue)

Yim Si-wan, an actor and member of K-pop group ZE:A, and Jin Goo recently did a photo shoot for a local fashion magazine’s April issue. 

The magazine released some black-and-white photos from the shoot on Friday. 

(Vogue)

In one picture, the actors can be seen wearing zig zag patterned spring jackets and dark-colored pants, paired with dress shoes. They sat down on stools, looking down into the camera together. 

(Vogue)

(Vogue)

Yim dressed up in a turtleneck shirt, matched with a jacket to complement the retro look in another photo. Meanwhile, Jin Goo was seen wearing a shirt underneath a dark-colored cardigan, looking down. 

Two actors finished filming the upcoming crime film “One Line” in May 2016. They recently got together for the press conference of the movie, which is set to premiere on March 29. 

By Jie Ye-eun (yeeunjie@heraldcorp.com)

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March 20, 2017

New movie 'One Line'

Lead actors of the new movie "One Line" -- Im Si-wan (R) and Jin Goo -- break out in laughter during a media preview of the film in Seoul on March 20, 2017. Im plays an ordinary college student who discovers, and uses, his extraordinary talents as a con artist. (Yonhap) (END)

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*** So NICE that the (2) male lead actors are featured in Vogue Korea. Both actors effortlessly exuding their own charisma.

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March 21, 2017

[Herald Review] ‘One Line’ tries to discuss money, falls short

Im Si-wan stars in “One Line.” (Next Entertainment World)

New bank fraud thriller “One Line” traces a very specific type of crime that ran rampant in 2005. 

By that time, Korea’s economy had recovered from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and the global economic crisis of 2007 had not yet struck. Thought to be stable, it was a period when the wide gap between the rich and poor solidified and stirred up anger among those with less.

It was during this time that a group of scammers began to “rob” banks, according to director Yang Kyung-mo, by helping “the common people” who did not qualify for loans falsify documents so that that could borrow money from banks. Acting as brokers, these scammers receive a fee after their clients obtained their loans. 

Lee Min-jae, played by Im Si-wan, is a helpless university student in need of quick cash. He seeks out loan brokerage services when he is unable to apply for a loan. 

Jin Goo stars in “One Line.” (Next Entertainment World)

The head of the operation Jang Seok-goo, played by Jin Goo, is eager to help. Exuding charisma, Jang dons the mask of a gentleman. “I like doing things peacefully,” he says, distancing himself from thugs who take money from the poor. He prides himself on handing out justice -- he only helps the less fortunate claim what is theirs from the big bad banks. 

Jang’s weapon is a book that contains the details of banks’ loan products, which allows him to find the perfect product for each client. If Jang is the brain of the operations, his right-hand man Park Ji-won is the id, played with chilling force by Park Byung-eun. Park is more violent and more ambitious, single-mindedly pursuing money and power.

Park Byung-eun stars in “One Line.” (Next Entertainment World)

Jang helps the seemingly innocent collegian Min-jae falsify his job status -- complete with a suit and fake office number -- and score a loan. 

However, it turns out that Min-jae has been scheming to cheat the crooks -- he gets away without paying his brokerage fees. He has been amassing a large sum, running his own scam operation with the help of an art student friend adept at forging documents. In a turn from his role as the heart-of-gold rookie office worker Jang Geu-rae in 2014 TV series “Misaeng,” Im here plays a con artist who takes full advantage of his honest face and those who trust him. 

Jang, seeing potential in Min-jae’s skills of deceit and calculation, invites him to join his operation. When Jang is outed by the police, he retires with his bags of cash into a warehouse, vowing to keep his head low. 

Min-jae and Jang’s former colleague Ji-won end up competing for prospective debtors, the former using the budding online system, personal charm and emotional manipulation, and the latter linking arms with the heads of big banks.

Intermittent scenes show that Min-jae comes from a poor, struggling family and is determined to escape it. The character transitions from a student to a shrewd con man, then grows a conscience when he sees how his scams have affected people’s lives. Some, unable to pay off their debts, hang themselves; others hurt themselves to repay debts with insurance claim payments, and still others have been tortured into paying by the ruthless Ji-won. 

Director Yang met with such scammers. “I was struck by how they believed they were helping people. It was their way of helping those who couldn’t get loans. I wanted to show the reality of the big system.”

But just as handing out loans to people cannot address the fundamental reasons of their poverty, neither does this movie arrive at the systematic problems of the Korean economy at the time. It does struggle to examine the nature of money in a capitalist society. For some, like Min-jae’s family, it is a means for basic sustenance; for others, like Ji-won, it has become the means and the end, the blind purpose of life. 

Unfortunately, the film circles back to the dichotomy of the poor and the rich, the good and the bad. It seems to want to probe deeper into the foundation of the Korean economy, but comes up short.

By Rumy Doo (doo@heraldcorp.com)

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14 Male K-pop Stars With Sexy Busan Accents

 

 

credit : soompi news

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3 hours ago, sky5joyous said:

 

 

Hi sky5joyous, thanks for sharing this. Finally..............Siwan has found a new agency. I'm happy for him. 

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@willenette hello ! I'm happy for him also and for an other friend of Kang Sora... 

 

...Plum Entertainment is an new agency founded by the cousin of Kang Sora (2015-2016), she worked with Sora since many years : I'm happy because the 3 actors are friends and they will work in an agency with a  family atmosphere. 

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March 22, 2017

Jin Goo Talks About His Impressive Network Of Celebrity Friends

Source: Soompi by D. Kim

Actor Jin Goo recently revealed some of his closest celebrity friends, naming one of them as a father-like figure!

On March 22, Jin Goo chatted it up in a live interview via the Naver V MOVIE channel. During the broadcast, he talked about the close connections he had made through various projects.

The first friend mentioned in the interview was Lee Byung Hun. Jin Goo explained, “When I was 23 years old, I played a high school student in the drama “All In” as Lee Byung Hun’s younger counterpart. When Lee Byung Hun heard that I was cast, he invited me over to his office to read through the script. Because of him, I was able to film the drama with ease. As an actor, he is a father-like figure to me.”

Im Siwan, Jin Goo’s co-star for his upcoming film “One Line,” was also brought up in the interview. “He has good sociability,” Jin Goo praised, revealing that Im Siwan is even nicer than how his character Jang Geu Rae was in the drama “Incomplete Life.” Jin Goo continued, “I like that he’s really eager when it comes to acting. He doesn’t give up, and he’s good at acting.”

Other friends that Jin Goo mentioned in the interview included Jung Woo, Lee Jung, Kang Ha Neul, Song Hye Kyo, and Song Joong Ki. He even talked about a time he went to karaoke with his female singer friends Hwayobi, Lyn, and Gummy, complimenting their singing skills.

Meanwhile, the upcoming film “One Line” centers around an ordinary college student (played by Im Siwan) who joins hands with a legendary swindler (played by Jin Goo) to rob a bank. It is set to premiere on March 29.

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