The Korean film industry has produced some highly gripping movies over the years. These movies cater to a wide range of genres—romance, comedy, mystery, action, thriller, dystopian, and many more. An interesting line-up of much-anticipated Korean movies awaits the audience this July 2024.
The list includes three highly intriguing Korean movies: Ju Ji Hoon’s Project Silence, Lee Je Hoon’s Escape, and Pilot starring Cho Jung Seok. Let’s find out the release dates and details about these Korean films below.
Escape
It is a highly awaited action-packed thriller Korean movie. It will make its debut in theaters in South Korea on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The film will be distributed by Megabox Plus M. Kim Woo Geun and Kwon Seong Hwi wrote the screenplay. Meanwhile, renowned filmmaker Lee Jong Pil directed it. Hong Jeong In and Park Eun Kyung produced the movie.
The cast of Escape includes Lee Je Hoon as Lim Gyu Nam and Koo Kyo Hwan as Lee Hyeon Sang. Actor Hong Xa Bin also plays a significant role as Dong Hyuk. Moreover, the Korean movie will see an intriguing guest appearance from two notable South Korean actors, Song Kang, and Esom.
The film will chronicle a highly thrilling and thought-provoking escape and chase story of a North Korean soldier, Lim Gyu Nam. He desires a life full of freedom beyond the borders. Thus, he prepares a dangerous plan involving life-threatening risks to escape North Korea. However, soon he will turn into a deserter.
The movie then sees the arrival of a major at the National Security Department, Lee Hyeon Sang. He initially tries to raise Lim Gyu Nam’s position in the military, as he has known him since his childhood. But when he learns about Gyu Nam’s full-scale escape plan, he will try everything to stop him.
Project Silence
It is a disaster action-thriller Korean movie that will have its theatrical release on Friday, July 12, 2024. CJ ENM will distribute the film. It is a 2023 movie premiered on May 21, 2023, at the prestigious 76th Cannes Film Festival. Kim Tae Gon directed the film and wrote the screenplay along with Park Joo Suk and Kim Yonghwa. Vlad Studio produced it.
Project Silence stars Ju Ji Hoon as Joe Park, the late Academy Award-winning actor Lee Sun Kyun as Cha Jung Won, Kim Hee Won as Doctor Yang, Kim Su An as Cha Kyung Min and Moon Sung Keun as Byeong Hak. Some other notable actors on the cast list for the movie include Kim Tae Woo, Ye Soo Jung, Park Ju Hyun, Park Hee Von and Ha Do Kwan.
The Korean movie depicts a disaster story at a bridge near an airport. Several car accidents occurred at the bridge due to intense foggy weather, and the bridge was also on the verge of collapsing. At that time, dogs from a military project, Project Silence, escaped their cages and were on that bridge. Thus, the human survivors on the bridge, including Jung Won, Joe Park, and Doctor Yang, among others, became the targets of these dangerous dogs.
Pilot
It is a Korean comedy movie set to hit theaters in South Korea on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Lotte Cultureworks is the distributor of the film. Kim Han Gyul, the well-known writer and director of Crazy Romance, has helmed the film. It stars notable South Korean actor Cho Jung Seok in the main role of Han Jung Woo.
Pilot follows the hilariously woven story of a star pilot, Han Jung Woo. He is famous in the airline industry for his outstanding skills and strong personality. He has a perfect life. However, everything turns upside down when he makes a careless mistake. He even loses his job. When all the airlines refuse to hire him, he disguises himself as his sister, Han Jung Mi, and successfully gets hired as a woman pilot. The film’s cast also includes Lee Joo Myoung, Shin Seung Ho, and Han Sun Hwa.
Thus, the audience is in for three intriguing new Korean movies in July 2024.
