Best Friend (film)
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| Hangul | 이웃사촌 |
| Revised Romanization | Iutsachon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Iutsach'on |
| Directed by | Lee Hwan-kyung |
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| Cinematography | Jeong Seong-jun Kim Gil-tae |
| Music by | Lee Dong-jun |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$2.7 million[1] |
Best Friend (Korean: 이웃사촌), also known as Good Neighbor, is a 2020 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Lee Hwan-kyung, starring Jung Woo, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hee-won, and Kim Byung-chul.[2][3] The film was released theatrically on November 25, 2020.
Synopsis[edit]
Dae-kwon (Jung Woo) is the head of the provincial government team who is unemployed and on the verge of being demoted. He receives a mission with his team members to monitor the family of a politician (Oh Dal-su) who is quarantined at home 24 hours a day upon entering the country from overseas. The wiretapping team members move into a neighboring house undercover and discover new secrets one by one as they monitor all the suspicious sounds and actions of the family, from requests for radio stories to rustling noises in the middle of the night.
Cast[edit]
- Jung Woo as Yoo Dae-kwon
- Oh Dal-su as Lee Ui-sik
- Kim Hee-won as Chief Kim
- Kim Byung-chul as Dong-sik
- Lee Yu-bi as Lee Eun-jin
- Jo Hyeon-cheol as Young-cheol
- Ji Seung-hyun as Dong-hyuk
- Kim Sun-kyung as Young-ja
- Yeom Hye-ran
References[edit]
- ^ "Best Friend (2020)". KOFIC. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ Song, Seung-hyun (14 November 2020). "Actor Oh Dal-su returns to big screen two years after sexual assault allegations". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Kwak, Yeon-soo (23 November 2020). "Jung[INTERVIEW] 'Best Friend' director explains why he keeps making family movies". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
External links[edit]
- Best Friend at the Korean Movie Database
- Best Friend at IMDb
- Best Friend at HanCinema
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