Best Friend (film)

Best Friend
Best Friend
	Theatrical release poster
Hangul	이웃사촌
Revised Romanization	Iutsachon
McCune–Reischauer	Iutsach'on
Directed by	Lee Hwan-kyung
Written by	Lee Hwan-kyung; Yun Pil-jun; Kim Yeong-seok;
Produced by	Yun Jong-ho;
Starring	Jung Woo; Oh Dal-su; Kim Hee-won; Kim Byung-chul;
Cinematography	Jeong Seong-jun; Kim Gil-tae
Music by	Lee Dong-jun
Production; companies	Cinemahub; Fantasy Entertainment;
Distributed by	Little Big Pictures; Trinity Pictures;
Release date	November 25, 2020;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$2.7 million

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

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

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
Cho Hyun-chul as Young-cheol
Ji Seung-hyun as Dong-hyuk
Kim Sun-kyung as Young-ja
Yeom Hye-ran

References

^ "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

Best Friend at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Best Friend at IMDb
Best Friend at HanCinema

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[box:korea-1] "Best Friend (2020)". KOFIC. Retrieved May 26, 2024.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

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