Kang Dong-Won 강동원 [Upcoming movies: “The Plot”, “Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman”, “ War and Revolt”]

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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20220531010800315
(Movie Review) Another unconventional family, another award-winning farce for Kore-Edamers

By Kim Boram (brk@yna.co.kr) | June 02, 2022

SEOUL, June 2 (Yonhap) -- Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda is famous for bittersweet and nuanced dramas about unconventional families in his critically acclaimed films like "Still Walking" (2008), "Like Father, Like Son" (2013) and "After the Storm" (2016).  His 2018 movie "Shoplifters," which brought him the Cannes Film Festival's highest honor of the Palme d'Or, depicts a group of thieves learning how to take care of each other with an acute and realistic eye.  Four years later, the director returned with another family-themed film, "Broker," this time with a Korean production and cast. It also revolves around a group of criminals -- baby traffickers and a murderer -- becoming a family.

This image provided by CJ ENM shows a scene from "Broker." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

The movie begins with a young mother dropping off her infant at a baby box operated by a church in the pouring rain.  The baby is snatched up by Dong-soo (Gang Dong-won), a part-time babysitter at the church, to sell him to desperate parents in a conspiracy with Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), a middle-aged man who owns a small, old laundromat.  Sang-hyun and Dong-soo feel no guilt, thinking they are good guys in helping abandoned kids find decent families, pocketing some money for their troubles.  But their secretive plan gets complicated as the baby's mother, So-young (Lee Ji-eun, also known as the K-pop star IU), has a change of heart and shows up a day later.  Sang-hyun decides to let So-young take part in his plan to sell the newborn named Woo-sung, saying buyers tend to like having the baby's biological mother there.

This image provided by CJ ENM shows a scene from "Broker." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

So the team, including a small, football-crazed boy who later hitches a ride, sets off in a beat-up van in search of ideal adoptive parents who can give the baby a loving home and them a good sum of money.  As their journey goes in a funny and knotty style, they are closely tailed by a pair of police detectives led by Su-jin (Bae Doo-na), who keeps probing into Sang-hyun and Dong-soo on charges of human trafficking.

Predictably, the small clique becomes a family, although they don't admit it. After meeting several candidate parents, Sang-hyun and Dong-soo feel they don't want to let the baby go, while So-young increasingly thinks it's OK to live with them together this way.  The plan to sell Woo-sung for a good price goes off the rails due to their developing emotions and relationships.

"Broker" keeps showing contradictory behaviors of the main characters and asking questions about life, motherhood and family.  Sang-hyun plots to kidnap Woo-sung and sell him for the best price but always says he wants the kid not to live a life of need like himself.  So-young joins Sang-hyun's journey to sell her child and shows no care or affection for him throughout the trip. But she turns down the first potential buyer who complains of the baby's not-so-good appearance.

Actor Song Kang-ho deservedly won the Best Actor prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of Sang-hyun, an avuncular but cold-blooded criminal, in such a subtle way that people cannot easily judge whether he is right or wrong.  But the narrative is discursive and meandering as each character's secret motives, which play an important role in revealing their mixed feelings of rejection and affection, are not sophisticatedly woven into the main theme of creating a makeshift family of outlaws.  Some people, however, may feel uncomfortable watching a crime turn into a form of salvation and the characters being easily forgiven.

"Broker" will hit South Korean screens Wednesday. (END)

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[2022-06-02] Movie “Broker VIP Premiere

 

Movie “Broker VIP Premiere at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Yongsan District, central Seoul

 

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GUESTS

Actors Kim Soo-hyun, Tang Jun-sang, Lee Hyun-woo, Bae Jung-nam, Lee Min-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Oh Jung-se, Anupam Tripathi, Yoon Jun-ho, Yang Hyun-min
Actresses Lee Re , Kim Hee-jung, Jung Yoo-jin, Kang Han-na, Yoo In-na, Im Soo-jung, Bae Hae-sun, Kim Si-a, Han Jae-in, Choi Chamsarang,
Singers Bi, Yoon Sang, Jung Yein, Im Nayoung, Ji-yeon (T-ara), V (BTS), Lee Chan-hyuk (AKMU), Kim Jin-ho (SG Wannabe), Shin Su-hyun, 
Athletes Kim Min-jae (soccer player), 

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https://zapzee.net/2022/06/03/bts-v-and-kang-dong-won-boast-their-sweet-friendship-in-a-short-video-together/
BTS’ V and Kang Dong Won Boast Their Sweet Friendship in a Short Video Together

by Hana Lee

 

Credit: V Instagram

BTS’ V recently posted a video of himself with Kang Dong Won, showing off their flawless looks and close friendship.

On the 2nd, the idol appeared at the VIP preview of Broker after receiving the invitation sent by Kang Dong Won. Following the event held in the White House where BTS discussed anti-Asian hate crimes, he returned to Korea earlier than his peers to attend the preview. Despite his 22 hours of flight, he arrived at the venue on time, proving his undying friendship with the actor.

Late night after the event, the global K-pop star posted an Instagram story of himself smiling at the camera with Kang Dong Won before the movie’s premiere. As they are one of the best-looking stars in the Korean entertainment industry, their appearance in the video stole many hearts of fans. The video features the two stars waving their hands with bright smiles on their faces while V says, “Can’t wait to enjoy the film.”

Learning that V took a long flight to attend the preview for Broker, many global fans are getting hyped up about the film. The phrase “KIM TAEHYUNG AT VIP PREMIERE’ is currently trending on various websites across the world as it ranked fourth on Weibo as of June 4th.

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Gang Dong-won, V, child actor Lim Seung-soo

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https://www.pannchoa.com/2022/06/theqoo-bts-v-who-attended-vip.html

original post: https://theqoo.net/index.php?mid=hot&document_srl=2474525605

1. "Someone"ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
2. Kang Dongwon, crazy. Is he human....?
3. I wanna be in between them but I have no confidence.. but I still want to be between them
4. No but both of them are freaking handsome but why is the quality so bad?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
5. Hul Kang Dongwon's face is freaking small
6. I seriously wanna see V act
7. This is heaven for my eyes
8. I'm jealous of whoever took the picture... me too.. me too...
9. The person in the middle is a first-aid staff for Broker. He wrote a post on Insta thanking Kang Dongwon for recognizing him
10. Wow Kang Dongwon must be so tall

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Cine21 No.1359 (2022-06-07~2022-06-14)
Cover | <Broker> Song Kang-ho (송강호) . Gang Dong-won (강동원) . Lee Ji-eun (이지은)

 

 

 

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Gang Dong Won: Broker Stage Greeting Behind-the-Scenes

https://youtu.be/L7mFdoHc7W4

 

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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220606000171
‘Broker’ director Kore-eda aims to break prejudice against mothers who give up kids

By Song Seung-hyun (ssh@heraldcorp.com) | Jun 6, 2022

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (CJ ENM)

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new film “Broker” does not hide the key question that the director wants to ask the audience: Should mothers take all the blame for abandoning their children in “baby boxes”?

 



“At the beginning of the movie, Soo-jin (played by Bae Doo-na) says ‘if you are going to abandon a newborn, you should not have given a birth to him.’ This shows that there is a kind of prejudice toward mothers. The film starts from there,” the director said during an interview with a group of local reporters at a cafe in Samcheong-dong, central Seoul. “The film shows how much Soo-jin’s prejudice changed.”



Kore-eda said he found out about the prejudice while talking with a man who grew up in an orphanage that had harbored some resentment toward his mother.

Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda (CJ ENM)

“He said he had contemplated the question: Did my mom want me to be born?” Kore-eda said. 

It was at that moment that it occurred to Kore-eda that the blame should not be solely on mothers, and that society should also share the responsibility.

Kore-eda’s “Broker” centers on relationships formed through baby boxes installed at churches or institutions in Korea where desperate parents can leave their newborns anonymously.

The fictional story begins with So-young (IU) leaving her baby in a box in front of a church. Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) and Dong-soo (Kang Dong-won) secretly steal the baby to sell him to a family who cannot legally adopt. So-young, who returns to the church the next day to retrieve the baby, finds out that Sang-hyun and Dong-soo have taken her child. Soon, So-young and the two men are looking for the right parents for the baby. 

Meanwhile, police officer Soo-jin is investigating the two men.

The 60-year-old director said he heard negative feedback on some lines that were deemed “too direct” in conveying another underlying theme of cherishing life, such as a scene when So-young says, “Thank you for coming into this world,” to everyone in the room. But this was intentional, he emphasized. 

“I also strongly believed that my film should look at every human’s life positively,” he said. 

During the interview, the Japanese director also revealed how he created the framework of the new film.

“I created this film with three boxes,” Kore-eda said. “The first box is the smallest one that the baby is being abandoned in, and then the second box is the van that brokers in the film travel in with the baby. The last box is symbolic and invisible -- the society that surrounds the baby.”

Since Kore-eda cannot speak Korean, he noted that he got some help from veteran actor Song. Kore-eda highlighted that there was a particular moment when the star impressed him the most during this process.

“Song Kang-ho suggested cutting out some of the lines that his character says. I tried cutting it out accordingly and it was indeed a whole lot better. But it is really rare for an actor to ask the director to cut out his own lines. In fact, it was the first time,” he said. “That was when I realized that Song Kang-ho is the actor that truly cares about creating a better film.”

Kore-eda also shared his recent participation in the 75th Cannes Film Festival at which Song won the best actor award for his role in “Broker.” 

“It is the eighth time that I was invited to Cannes and every time it is different,” he said. “The most evident difference that I have noticed this time was that there were billboards for ‘Broker’ everywhere, which made me realize the power of CJ ENM. I was proud, but at the same time it was a lot of pressure seeing the poster of my work hung at the hotel I am staying at. I did take photos with it though,” Kore-eda said jokingly.

When asked to talk about the decline of the Japanese film industry in the global standing, Kore-eda carefully said that he did not want to compare the current situation with the heyday of the Japanese film industry.

“It is the same with the Italian and French film industries, there can be ups and downs, so I do not take it as a negative phenomenon,” Kore-eda said. 

“But it is true that the Japanese film industry is stagnant when looking at it from an outsider’s perspective. I know that there are a lot of talented actors and creators who are willing to do something fun. I think it is the old production environment that is making them difficult to take on challenges. There is not enough capital to develop something new so original works are rare. There are things that I learned while working in Korea and France. I learned what we have to work on, so I want to go back to Japan and make some improvements.”

Kore-eda worked with French actors and staff for his previous project, “The Truth.”

“Broker” (CJ ENM)

“Broker” hits local theaters Wednesday.

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https://zapzee.net/2022/06/07/kang-dong-won-opens-up-about-appearing-in-hirokazu-koreedas-broker-and-his-friendship-with-bts-v/
Kang Dong Won Opens Up About Appearing in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ and His Friendship with BTS’ V

By KRISHKIM

Kang Dong Won held an interview ahead of the release of Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s award-winning movie ‘Broker‘.

Credit: YG Entertainment

“When I first met director Koreeda, he didn’t have a synopsis,” the actor shared. “He gave me the synopsis after the meeting, and I said I’d do it on the spot. I’ve always wanted to work with director Kore-eda. I thought it was going to be fun.” He added, “I liked his movie Shoplifters. And I especially like his movie I Wish. I loved it. I think it captured the innocence of young friends and their brightness and innocence. There are very few movies like that.”

Broker follows the unexpected and special journey of those intertwined over a baby box. In the movie, Kang Dong Won plays Dong Soo. “Dong Soo was raised in an orphanage, but I wanted to portray him as someone who grew up to be bright despite his deficiency. I didn’t want him to look gloomy,” Kang Dong Won explained. “I have a friend who was raised in an orphanage, and he was a cheerful person who wanted to become a chef. Of course, when he was young, he caused lots of trouble and rebelled a lot. I thought Dong Soo would be just like him. So I wanted to express Dong Soo as someone who comfortably does his job.”

The actor reunited with Song Kang Ho more than ten years after the movie Secret Reunion. “I’ve filmed more than 20 films now, so I felt more comfortable on the set than before,” he recalled. “I have this similar rhythm as Song Kang Ho. So I particularly loved working with him.” Kang Dong Won also praised IU, “She did an amazing job. I wish we could team up again on another good project. As everyone knows, she’s a wonderful friend who’s a great singer and a great actress.”

Credit: V Instagram

Recently, the fact that BTS’s V has returned home from the States early to attend the VIP premiere of Broker has made headlines. “I didn’t know that he came for me,” Kang Dong Won said. “I was just grateful. He’s such a good, cute friend.”

To the question asking how they got to be friends, he answered, “I’m good friends with singer Park Hyo Shin, and V stopped by when I was with him. V is from Geochang and I went to high school in Geochang, so I heard that he wanted to meet me. And we became good friends.”

Kang Dong Won is well known for his friendships with people in various fields. “I have a good personality,” the actor jokingly commented. “I’m just kidding. I love listening to various people’s stories. My job is all about expressing people, so I try to have a good time so that I don’t get trapped within myself. I’m not an extrovert, but as I get older, I try harder not to lock myself within me.”

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https://k-odyssey.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065596047308299
‘Broker’ Gang Dong-won “honor to step on Cannes red carpet”... “expected Song Kang-ho’s award”

YonhapNews / 2022-06-07 15:54:39
(This article is translated from Korean to English by An Hayeon.)

 

▲ This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows actor Gang Dong-won. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

▲ This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows actor Gang Dong-won. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
 

SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- “It was so nice. It’s an honor for actors and filmmakers to step on the red carpet in the competing section of Cannes Film Festival.”  Gang Dong-won, the leading actor in the film “Broker,” shared his feelings about entering Cannes at a cafe in Jongno District, Seoul, on Tuesday. 



“Broker," the first Korean film by Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda was invited to the 75th Cannes competition and the film's star Song Kang-ho took home the best actor prize for his role as a baby broker.  Gang said he expected Song to win an acting prize early on and as soon as his name was called, he thought, “I knew it.” The actor said he stood up first even before Song. 



"Broker," depicts the relationships of characters formed through a baby box, where people anonymously drop off newborns that they can't raise. Gang plays Dong-soo, a broker who sells infants left by their parents, and shows on-screen chemistry with Song.  Dong-soo is a character who was abandoned by his mother as a child and grew up in an institution.   Gang said, “Since Dong-soo is from a facility, I tried to keep up with those emotions even if it wasn’t revealed in the film.” The actor mentioned that he spoke with people who were raised in facilities for his role and said, “I wanted to tell the stories of those who I met.” 



“Dong-soo is the most relaxed character I ever acted. Since it was mainly everyday life acting, it was fun and I sometimes wondered whether I was acting or not (laughs).” 

 

▲  This photo, provided by YG Entertainment, shows actor Gang Dong-won. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 


“Broker” is also the first film that Gang participated in the production.  When asked how he felt about experiencing the production seven years ago from the stage of scenario development, he said, "It took long, but it was amusing," adding, "Since director Kore-eda is such a master, I trusted him and worked hard on my job."



Gang said that he became close to Kore-eda through this work and that he met with the director the day before and celebrated his birthday. "It's sad that he is spending his birthday alone in Korea for two years. He didn’t have people to spend it with so I ate with him for two years in a row, and he even turned 60 yesterday. He spent his 60th birthday dinner with me (laughs).” 



Gang, who is participating in the production of various works through co-production and scenario writing, recently announced the news of the contract with the large U.S. agency, the Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

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Dong Won Ssi (actor) in Broker movie stills.

 

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https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/06/689_330636.html
[INTERVIEW] Gang Dong-won focuses on portraying feelings of orphan in 'Broker'

By Lee Gyu-lee | 2022-06-08 

Actor participates in film from script-developing stage

Actor Gang Dong-won plays a lead role in director Hirokazu Kore-eda's new drama film, "Broker," which was released Wednesday. Courtesy of YG Entertainment

Actor Gang Dong-won has been building a wide repertoire across genres, taking on various roles: from a sneaky con artist in the crime film, "A Violent Prosecutor" (2015), to a heroic soldier in the apocalyptic blockbuster film, "Peninsula" (2020). 

In Palme d'Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film, "Broker," the actor portrays baby broker Dong-soo who grew up in an orphanage without knowing his parents. Teaming up with debt-ridden dry cleaner owner Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho), he steals babies from a baby box, a place where people can anonymously abandon their newborns, with the "well-intentioned justification" of taking a shortcut to find them a new home while making money himself.

"As I've mostly done (dynamic) genre films until now, it felt much more comfortable to portray an everyday character," Gang said during an interview with The Korea Times at a cafe in Jongno District, central Seoul, Tuesday. 

"Dong-soo grew up in an orphanage but I wanted to portray him as being pretty well brought up and bright. I didn't want to portray him as depressing," he said.

Dong-soo, who never had parents, harbors resentment toward the people who abandon their babies in the box. But as he goes on a journey with So-young (Lee Ji-eun) to find new parents who can take good care of her son, he learns there's more to it than just giving up their own child. 

Gang said that he interviewed people who were in similar situations to Dong-soo to build his character. 

"I tried to capture the stories of people like Dong-soo who grew up in an orphanage. Although he doesn't overtly show his emotions dynamically, I tried to always keep that feeling inside," he said, recalling one of the people he interviewed.

"There was a person who was old and I asked if he wants to meet his mother. And he said that strong feeling (toward his mother) faded away as he got older, but added that he wants to see her just one time before he dies. And those two feelings were the base for portraying my character."

The actor said he hopes to give a sense of comfort through the film. 

"One thing I learned as I met people from the orphanage is that they have their own pain … I heard that kids at the orphanage really want to be adopted, so whenever they see a car coming to the orphanage, they just run toward it and follow it," he said. "I hope the audiences can empathize with that sort of desperation and hope felt by the children. And I hope that this film might offer comfort to them."

Gang shared that he got on board with the film since the process of developing the script, after meeting the director about seven years ago and talking about doing a project together. 

"As we talked about working together even before there was a script, I got involved with the film since the developing stage of the script," he said, adding that he took part in the pre-production of the film. "I also wanted to help out with scouting the locations for the shooting, but I was overseas back then so I couldn't … so this became the first project that I took part in producing."

"Broker" hit local theaters on Wednesday. 

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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220608000851
[Herald Interview] Actor Gang Dong-won wants to see more ‘touching’ films succeed

By Park Yuna (yunapark@heraldcorp.com) | Jun 8, 2022

Gang Dong-won (YG Entertainment)

Actor Gang Dong-won was skeptical at first as to whether the sentiment that flows in the heartwarming film “Broker” would come across well to Western audiences, although the film touches on the universal subject of abandoned children.

“I was surprised to see audiences at Cannes Film Festival crying while watching the movie. I was relieved that the film received recognition,” the veteran actor said Wednesday during the interview held in Samcheong-dong, central Seoul. 

Gang plays Dong-soo, who helps his friend Sang-hyun (Song Kang-ho) to sell babies that have been abandoned in a baby box installed at a church. The two men are joined by single mother So-young (Lee Ji-eun), and together, the three of them embark on a journey to look for new parents to raise So-young’s baby. 

“The heartwarming film is especially precious because of the current lack of films that appeal to humanity,” Gang said. “This is especially true of South Korea where new films are skewed toward certain genres,” he added. 

“I hope many more films that have a touching story like ‘Broker’ see success in the film industry,” he added. 

The highlight of the film, according to Gang, is the moment when So-young said: “Thank you for coming into this world” to everyone in the room -- including Dong-soo, who was, in fact, an orphan.

“I think those words were what Dong-soo wanted to hear from the world,” Gang said. “He had an unanswered question in his mind -- why had his mother abandoned him? After getting to know So-young, he finally begins to understand his mother, and the difficult situation she may have been in. He grew after meeting So-young,” he said. 

Acting with Song -- who won the best actor award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and was the first Korean male actor to do so -- was “so much fun,” Gang said. The two actors also starred in the movie “The Secret Reunion”, released in 2010. 

“Good chemistry is when you know what your partner will do, just by looking into their eyes. You may understand this if you know about performing dance -- when you breathe in, your partner also breathes in; when you breathe out, your partner also breathes out,” the actor said of working with Song.

He said there is a belief he sticks to as an actor: Not to compromise with the world just to chase his own passions.

“I have kept this belief in mind for many years. I want to help to fix things that are unjust,” Gang said. 

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On 6/2/2022 at 7:28 PM, Helena said:

Cine21 No.1359 (2022-06-07~2022-06-14)

Cover | <Broker> Song Kang-ho (송강호) . Gang Dong-won (강동원) . Lee Ji-eun (이지은)

 

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Daily Box Office - 2022-06-08 (Wed)
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Rank | Title | Release Date | Admissions (Total) | Number of Screens | Revenue Share

1. Broker | 2022-06-08 | 146,221 (152,364) | 1,594 | 46.2%


2. The Roundup | 2022-05-18 | 114,549 (9,575,022) | 1,249 | 37.0%


3. Jurassic World: Dominion | 2022-06-01 | 39,350 (2,266,203) | 947 | 13.1%


4. The Red Herring | 2022-05-25 | 2,606 (300,516) | 77 | 0.8%
5. Pokemon the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | 2022-06-01 | 1,819 (397,784) | 206 | 0.5%


6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-05-04 | 1,255 (5,861,675) | 61 | 0.4%
7.  After Yang | 2022-06-01 | 678 (17,225) | 49 | 0.2%
8. Operation Mincemeat | 2022-05-11 | 625 (35,596) | 5 | 0.2%
9. Hot Blooded | 2022-03-23 | 500 (393,772) | 1 | 0.1%
9. Ambulance | 202-4-06 | 500 (115,239) | 1 | 0.1%

Source: https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/boxs/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do

 

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https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/broker-korean-box-office-1235288078/
Cannes Film ‘Broker’ Tops Korean Box Office on Opening Day

By Patrick Frater | Jun 8, 2022

“Broker,” the unconventional family drama which appeared in competition at last month’s Cannes Film Festival, topped the box office in South Korea on Wednesday, its opening day.

“Broker” grossed $1.10 million, enough to depose crime actioner “The Roundup” from the top spot that it had enjoyed for the past three weeks and which had made it the highest performing film this year.

According to data from the Kobis tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “Broker” played on 1,590 screens and sold 145,000 tickets for Wednesday screenings. Its cumulative total of $1.15 million includes some $44,000 of previews earned on 14 screens.

The feat by a local art-house film gives further support to the notion that cinema attendance is rebounding in Korea. The country was formerly the world’s fourth biggest theatrical market, thanks to high per-capita rates of attendance.

 

The Korean theatrical industry, however, was moribund through much of 2020 and 2021 due to COVID restrictions, a threadbare releasing schedule and aggressive competition from streaming platforms. With the omicron wave hitting Korea between February and April of this year, box office plumbed even lower depths.

Cinema restrictions were completely lifted at the beginning of May, and the Korean release schedule is currently being rebuilt.

Directed by Japan’s Kore-eda Hirokazu, the Korean-language “Broker” scored a best actor prize at Cannes for male lead with “Parasite” star Song Kang-ho. Playing like a scrappy road movie, more than a crime story, the film tells the tale of two chancers who are trying to arrange an adoptive home for an unwanted infant, the child’s mother who tags along, and two women police officers on their trail.

The film’s other performers are also major draws in Korea. Second male lead, Gang Dong-won is a veteran who has starred in hits including “Peninsula,” “Golden Slumber” and “The Priests.” Li Ji-eun, better known as IU, is a major singing star in Korea who has appeared in multiple TV dramas, including Netflix show “Crash Landing on You,” but counts a much smaller feature film tally. Bae Doo-na, who plays one of the police, previously played in the Bong Joon Ho-directed hit “The Host” and “Cloud Atlas.” She is currently shooting Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon.” And Lee Joo-young, who portrays the junior police officer, recently came off hit TV series “Itaewon Class.”

The film was produced by Zip Cinema. Finance, local release and international sales are handled by CJ Entertainment.

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https://k-odyssey.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065572640782796
'Broker' starts off No. 1 in box office

YonhapNews / 2022-06-09
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

 

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▲ This photo, provided by CJ ENM, shows "Broker." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 9 (Yonhap) – S. Korean film “Broker” starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, and Lee Ji-eun(IU) has started off No. 1 in the box office.  “Broker” ranked first place in the box office by attracting 146,000 viewers on June 8, the day of its release, according to data from the Korean Film Council on Thursday.

 


"Broker," Kore-eda's latest family-themed drama, is about people on a road trip searching for possible adoptive parents of a newborn left at a baby box. Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor prize through this movie at this year's Cannes last month.

 


The Korean action comedy “The Roundup” starring Ma Dong-seok stepped down to the second place. The movie garnered 114,000 viewers on Wednesday, topping 9,575,000 in cumulative attendance since its release on May 18. It is expected to surpass 10 million audiences this weekend.  (END)

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Daily Box Office - 2022-06-09 (Thu) <preliminary numbers>
Rank | Title | Release Date | Admissions (Total) | Number of Screens | Revenue Share


1. The Roundup | 2022-05-18 | 111,841 (9,686,842) | 1,322 | 42.2%
2. Broker | 2022-06-08 | 105,609 (257,962) | 1,559 | 38.1%


3. Jurassic World: Dominion | 2022-06-01 | 36,514 (2,302,710) | 936 | 14.0%
4. The Red Herring | 2022-05-25 | 2,616 (303,132) | 78 | 0.9%


5. Pokemon the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | 2022-06-01 | 1,798 (399,582) | 205 | 0.6%
6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-05-04 | 1,372 (5,863,047) | 56 | 0.5%
7. Top Gun: Maverick | 2022-06-22 | 1,252 (1,252) | 2 | 0.7%
8. Good morning | 2022-05-25 | 1,002 (21,316) | 23 | 0.2%
9. Eobuba | 2022-05-11 | 944 (23,795) | 4 | 0.2%
10. I want to know your parents | 2022-04-27 | 793 (407,988) | 3 | 0.2%
Source: https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/boxs/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do

 

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https://k-odyssey.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065574928421459
'The Roundup' expected to hit 10 million viewers this weekend

YonhapNews / 2022-06-10
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

 

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▲ This file photo shows the poster of "The Roundup" in the theater. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The Korean action comedy "The Roundup," starring Ma Dong-seok and Son Suk-ku, is expected surpass 10 million cumulative viewers this weekend.  

The detective action flick garnered 111,000 more audiences on Thursday, topping 9,686,000 in cumulative attendance, according to data from the Korean Film Council on Friday.

 



“The Roundup,” which is in the fourth week of its release, stepped down to the second place following Kore-eda's latest family-themed drama “Broker,” which was released on June 8, but topped the box office again in one day.

 



“Broker” recorded 105,000 daily viewers, which was decreased by 27.7 percent, in one day and stepped down to the second place.



The screening of “Jurassic World Dominion”(Jurassic World 3), which was released on June 1, has nearly halved due to the release of “Broker,” attracting only 36,000 viewers on Thursday.  
The cumulative audiences of “Jurassic World 3” has been maintaining in around 2 million. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the previous film in the Jurassic World trilogy, has recorded 5,660,000 viewers in the end.



Ahead of the weekend, family-themed drama “2037,” French movie “The Rose Maker,” and “Missing Yoon” starring Lee Joo-young have been newly released. However, as “The Roundup” and “Broker” has swept the theaters, each of the latest films garnered less than 1,000 viewers.  (END)
 

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Daily Box Office - 2022-06-10 (Fri) <preliminary numbers>


Rank | Title | Release Date | Admissions (Total) | Number of Screens | Revenue Share

1. The Roundup | 2022-05-18 | 146,306 (9,833,159) | 1,409 | 45.3%


2. Broker | 2022-06-08 | 112,539 (370,532) | 1,546 | 34.1%

3. Jurassic World: Dominion | 2022-06-01 | 51,908 (2,354,621) | 948 | 16.4%


4. The Red Herring | 2022-05-25 | 3,449 (306,581) | 79 | 1.1%

5. Pokemon the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | 2022-06-01 | 2,658 (402,248) | 235 | 0.7%


6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-05-04 | 1,894 (5,864,941) | 63 | 0.6%
7. After Yang | 2022-06-01 | 1,850 (19,663) | 51 | 0.4%
8. coda | 2021-08-31 | 610 (74,880) | 5 | 0.2%
9. Stellar | 2022-04-06 | 587 (95,349) | 2 | 0.1%
10. 2037 | 2022-06-08 | 509 (3,089) | 84 | 0.2%


Source: https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/boxs/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do

 

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Daily Box Office - 2022-06-11 (Sat) <preliminary numbers>

Rank | Title | Release Date | Admissions (Total) | Number of Screens | Revenue Share


1. The Roundup | 2022-05-18 | 339,142 (10,172,324) | 1,551 | 43.6%

2. Broker | 2022-06-08 | 224,096 (594,635) | 1,484 | 28.2%



3. Jurassic World: Dominion | 2022-06-01 | 137,620 (2,492,247) | 902 | 17.8%

4. Pokemon the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | 2022-06-01 | 69,708 (471,962) | 588 | 8.2%
5. The Red Herring | 2022-05-25 | 4,243 (310,826) | 77 | 0.5%
6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-05-04 | 4,185 (5,869,126) | 68 | 0.5%
7. Top Gun: Maverick | 2022-06-22 | 2,200 (3,452) | 2 | 0.3%
8. After Yang | 2022-06-01 | 1,219 (20,882) | 51 | 0.2%
9. 2037 | 2022-06-08 | 1,101 (4,190) | 88 | 0.1%
10. The Rose Maker | 2022-06-09 | 608 (2,329) | 33 | 0.1%
Source: https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/boxs/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do

 

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Daily Box Office - 2022-06-12 (Sun) <preliminary numbers>
Rank | Title | Release Date | Admissions (Total) | Number of Screens | Revenue Share

1. The Roundup | 2022-05-18 | 331,565 (10,503,883) | 1,543 | 47.8%


2. Broker | 2022-06-08 | 178,729 (773,370) | 1,467 | 25.3%
3. Jurassic World: Dominion | 2022-06-01 | 126,625 (2,618,867) | 904 | 18.2%


4. Pokemon the Movie: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | 2022-06-01 | 48,835 (520,815) | 561 | 6.3%


5. The Red Herring | 2022-05-25 | 5,181 (316,007) | 76 | 0.7%


6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | 2022-05-04 | 4,105 (5,873,233) | 75 | 0.6%


7. Top Gun: Maverick | 2022-06-22 | 2,104 (5,556) | 8 | 0.4%


8. After Yang | 2022-06-01 | 1,232 (22,114) | 47 | 0.2%


9. 2037 | 2022-06-08 | 1,110 (5,302) | 89 | 0.2%


10. The Rose Maker | 2022-06-09 | 572 (2,901) | 36 | 0.1%


Source: https://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/stat/boxs/findDailyBoxOfficeList.do

 

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https://variety.com/2022/film/asia/korea-box-office-the-roundup-broker-1235292102/
‘The Roundup’ Retains Korea Box Office Lead Ahead of Newly Released ‘Broker’

 

By Patrick Frater | Jun 12, 2022 6:53pm PT

Zip Cinema

 

“Broker,” the art house drama film that appeared in competition in Cannes last month had a bright start in Korean cinemas, picking up over $6 million in its opening foray. Its score, however, was not enough to unseat mainstream crime actioner “The Roundup” from the weekend’s top spot.

“Broker” earned $4.13 million over the Friday to Sunday weekend, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). That put it second behind “The Roundup” with a weekend score of $6.69 million.

Backed and released by CJ Entertainment, “Broker” enjoyed a wide release on some 1,500 screens and claimed top spot on its Wednesday opening. Over five days it earned a total of $6.03 million.

The film’s successes appear to have been noted at the highest level of society. It was reported that newly installed Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday had dinner with “Broker” star, and Cannes best actor prize-winner, Song Kang-ho and with Park Chan-wook, director of “Decision to Leave.”

Despite losing the daily crown on Wednesday, “The Roundup,” a sequel in the franchise starring Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee), held up strongly. It declined only 34% weekend on weekend, despite this having been its fourth weekend on release. It earned the further distinction of becoming the first Korean film in three years to pass the 10 million ticket sales landmark, a landmark that has been achieved by fewer than thirty films in recent history.

Overall, the nationwide weekend box total was $14.7 million. That was 28% down on the previous weekend total.

In third place, “Jurassic World Dominion” earned $2.60 million, a fall of 66% from its opening weekend haul. In 12-days of release, it has amassed a $21.0 million cumulative.

Lower down the chart, “Top Gun Maverick,” which will be released in Korea on June 22, earned $42,000 over the weekend from previews in eight venues.

Two other new releases made top ten debuts over the weekend. Korean-made “On My Way Home” earned $39,000 over five days. French comedy drama “The Rose Maker” earned $20,900 in tenth spot.