A Werewolf Boy
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- Movie: A Werewolf Boy
- Revised romanization: Neukdae Sonyeon
- Hangul: 늑대소년
- Director: Jo Sung-Hee
- Writer: Jo Sung-Hee
- Producer: Lee Young-Suk
- Cinematographer: Choi Sang-Muk
- Release Date: October 31, 2012
- Runtime: 125 min.
- Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Award Winning
- Distributor: CJ Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
A mother moves with her older daughter (Park Bo-Young) and younger daughter (Kim Hyang-Gi) to a large home in the country side. The older daughter suffers from a lung ailment and her doctor advised the family to move out into the country side. The home is provided by Ji-Tae (Yoo Yeon-Seok), the son of a business partner who worked with their deceased father.
While the family gets acclimated to their new surroundings, the older daughter makes a remarkable discovery. Within a locked room in the barn lives a wild boy (Song Joong-Ki). The family takes him in believing he is just an orphan with little social skills. The boy with little social skills begins to take an interest in the oldest daughter. Meanwhile, Ji-Tae has his own plans in marrying the oldest daughter. What's the secret behind the wild boy?
Notes
- Filming began December 21, 2011 in Jeonju, South Korea.
- Opened #1 at the South Korean box office during the movie's opening weekend (November 2-November 4, 2012). The movie sold 1,030,264 tickets over the 3 day period.
- A novel version of "A Werewolf Boy" is released on October 31, 2012, authored by Kim Mi-Ri and published by Esoope Publishing in South Korea. The novel is based on the movie's original screenplay written by the movie director Jo Sung-Hee.
- On Saturday, November 15, 2012, "A Werewolf Boy" surpassed the ticket sales of movie "Architecture 101" of 4.1 million tickets at the Korean box office to become the all-time best selling romance film in South Korean history up to that date.
- A director's cut version of "A Werewolf Boy" will be released in Korean cinemas on December 6, 2012. The running time is extended from 125 minutes to 127 minutes. The final scene is a new scene with wolf boy and Soon-Yi (Park Bo-Young) meeting.
Cast
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| Song Joong-Ki | Park Bo-Young | Yoo Yeon-Seok | Jang Yeong-Nam | Kim Hyang-Gi |
| Chul-Soo (wolf-boy) | Soon-Yi | Ji-Tae | mother | Soon-Ja |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yu Seung-Mok - Dr. Kang
- Seo Dong-Soo - Colonel
- Ku Bon-Lim - Mrs. Jung
- Ahn Do-Kyu - Dong-Suk
- Nam Jeong-Hee - Dong-Suk's grandmother
- Lee Joon-Hyuk - police officer
- Kim Seung-Hun - public official
- Jang Seo-Yi - Soon-Yi's daughter-in-law
- Woo Jung-Kook - farm owner Jung
Trailers
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Film Festivals
- 2012 (37th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 6-16, 2012 - Contemporary World Cinema
- 2012 (31st) Vancouver International Film Festival - September 27-October 12, 2012 - Dragons and Tigers
- 2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012 - Open Cinema
- 2012 (32nd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 11-21, 2012 - Spotlight on Korea *U.S. Premiere
- 2012 (6th) Abu Dhabi Film Festival - October 11-20, 2012 - Showcase
- 2013 (37th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 17 - April 4, 2013 - I See It My Way
- 2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *European Premiere
Awards
- 2013 (49th) PaekSang Arts Awards - May 9, 2013
- Best New Director
- 2012 (4th) KOFRA Film Awards Ceremony - January 30, 2013
- Discovery Award (Jo Sung-Hee)
Q&A (Busan International Film Festival)
Q&A for "A Werewolf Boy," with actor Yoo Yeon-Seok, actress Jang Yeong-Nam, actress Park Bo-Young and director Jo Sung-Hee, took place at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival on October 14, 2012. AsianWiki editor Ki Mun was there and transcribed/translated the session.
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): Hello, I'm Jo Sung-Hee the director of "A Werewolf Boy". Thanks for coming to watch this film at such an early time.
- Park Bo-Young (actress): Thank you for attending this screening.
- Jang Yeong-Nam (actress): Hi, I'm Jang Yeong-Nam who played Soon-Yi's mother. I watched the movie for the first time here. I cried a lot. I think the movie will be a big hit. Thank you for coming so early.
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): Hi, I'm Yoo Yeon-Seok who played the bad guy. Thank you for watching the movie and ask me a lot of questions, I'll try to answer carefully.
- Audience Question: This question is for Park Bo-Young. How did your midterm exam go in college?
- Park Bo-Young (actress): I took time off from school.
- Audience Question: Question for Park Bo-Young. When you first received the script what did you think of it? Also, why did you select this film?
- Park Bo-Young (actress): The director expressed very well the movie with his script and I cried when I read it. I did worry whether I could portray Soon-Yi as the director wanted, but I decided to do it because I really wanted to portray Soon-Yi. I wanted to express the feelings of a girl who turns into a woman. I really wanted the role and I said "yes" right away.
- Audience Question: Question for Park Bo-Young. What was the most difficult thing while working on this movie?
- Park Bo-Young (actress): The most difficult thing was fighting through the cold weather. Filming took place during winter and a lot of the scenes were shot outdoors at night. The coldest time was around 4 AM. Everyone involved in the filming suffered from the cold weather. Another thing is that Chul-Soo (Song Joong-Ki) doesn't have any lines for the most of the film. While rehearsing, I had a hard time with that, but when shooting, Song Joong-Ki performed well with his eyes and I was able to perform smoothly. While memorizing my lines, it was difficult for me to envision my physical performance.
- Audience Question: I also have a question for Park Bo-Young.
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): I guess there isn't any questions for me so I'll go (audience laughs).
- Audience Question: How did you feel when you slapped Chul-Soo's (Song Joong-Ki) face?
- Park Bo-Young (actress): I felt bad, because I slapped him a lot. Filming for that scene took place quite a few times from different angles ... aimed at my face, aimed at Chul-Soo's face, from the side with both of us in view, but I didn't have to slap him really hard during all the shots. I only had to slap him hard when they filmed Chul-Soo's face. I was completely immersed in my character's emotions for all the shots and, because of this, Song Joong-Ki told me to slap him hard for all the shots. Thanks to him, I think my feelings were well conveyed through the movie. Even though he could not be here today, I want to thank him and sorry for the slaps.
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): After Song Joong-Ki watched the movie, he told me his face was swollen after that scene.
- Audience Question: I always thought Song Joong-Ki and Park Bo-Young would make a great pair in a film. Could you tell us about the casting process?
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): As I mentioned in interviews, Park Bo-Young has all the qualities of Soon-Yi. She is pale and seems to have a story behind her. With Song Joong-Ki, he has different images ... a boy and also a man. Like his nickname "Milk Man," he has softness and a sense of wildness. Without them, the movie would have turned out completely different. The pairing of Song Joong-Ki and Park Bo-Young worked very well.
- Moderator: Jang Yeong-Nam's comedic acting looked so natural.
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): Many of her lines were ad-libbed, like the murmuring.
- Jang Yeong-Nam (actress): Many of my lines were also written by director Jo Sung-Hee.
- Audience Question: I think the color of the movie is very pretty. Can somebody mention some of the best scenes?
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): This is my personal opinion. I watched the movie a lot of times already. Whenever I watched this scene, I feel like the scene is really something. The scene is when Chul-Soo is locked in the barn and Soon-Yi gets there. She tells him that she won't read the fairytale book until he reads it for her. That scene, with the above the waist shot of Soon-Yi, really makes me emotional.
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): When Ji-Tae goes to the barn and tells Chul-Soo where the guitar is. I put a lot of effort in that scene and I still remember it vividly.
- Jang Yeong-Nam (actress): I like the scenes with Chul-Soo and Soon-Yi as their relationship gets closer. Especially when Soon-Yi plays the guitar and sings. With my scenes, the best scene is when I wash Chul-Soo's back.
- Moderator: The scene when Chul-Soo wore the hanbok (Korean traditional dress), didn't you have a lot of takes?
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): No, not really. Not many takes. On the filming set, Song Joong-Ki and Park Bo-Young got along well and I just watched them.
- Audience Question: I enjoyed the movie a lot. Nowadays, staff and cast makes a promise if a certain amount of people watch their movie. What's your promise?
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): Yesterday, when we all got together, the director told us if the movie passes 5 million admissions than he will draw on his face like Chul-Soo and Soon-Yi did.
- Audience Question: I have watched the film 3 times so far at film festivals. It was hard for me to get the movie tickets. I love the screenplay. I would like to know if the story is based on something else and who wrote the script? My favorite scene is Chul-Soo rolling the snow to make a snowman. How did you come up with that final scene?
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): I wrote the screenplay. I began to write the script at the Korean Academy of Film Arts where I studied filmmaking. I showed a synopsis of the story to a professor. The synopsis was quite different from the final screenplay. In that synopsis, the roles were reversed. The woman was wild and she waits for the guy. Also, the synopsis was more tragic. In order to make a commercial film, the man became the wild one and the ending changed with the last meeting occurring. The story changed quite a bit from the original script. About the ending scene. We held meetings and talked about many different possible versions with the elderly Soon-Yi. After all the deliberations, we came up with the ending you see in the movie. When Chul-Soo rolls a snowball into a snowman, that is what Chul-Soo is. Chul-Soo doesn't blame Soon-Yi and keeps his promise. I think that's Chul-Soo.
- Audience Question: To each of the actors, when you were assigned your characters what part did you focus on most?
- Yoo Yeon-Seok (actor): Ji-Tae is an evil guy, but as Ji-Tae gets worse and worse, the love between Chul-Soo and Soon-Yi becomes more earnest. Because of this, I abandoned my own personal desires and tried to become as evil as possible. I think what Ji-Tae does comes from his love for Soon-Yo. He loves her so much that he takes such drastic actions. I hope the audience feels pity for him. There's a scene where Ji-Tae kicks Soon-Yi and he says "I love you, but why don't you love me?," but his words are inaudible. Even though I performed as a villain, I tried to show love for Soon-Yi.
- Jang Yeong-Nam (actress): I'm getting a little older, but I recently got married. I wondered, since I didn't have experience as a mother, could I perform as Soon-Yi's mother? My character doesn't have a strong character or personality. She is a very ordinary mother who seems to be always behind Soon-Yi. On the filming set, I was obsessed with that and the director kept mentioning it. That was the most difficult thing while filming.
- Park Bo-Young (actress): I thought a lot about how to show Soon-Yi slowly opening up to Chul-Soo. On the filming set, I acted according to what the director wanted. He didn't want me to prepare a lot for my character. On the filming set, he always told me "you are acting, but don't act." So I tried to follow what the director wanted.
- Moderator: We are now out of time. Could the director give some final words?
- Jo Sung-Hee (director): Thank you for watching my movie today. I hope when the movie is released in theaters that you will have more fun and watch the movie again with your friends, boyfriends, girlfriends and family.
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Ariane Says:
May 16 2013 10:47 am
wonderful, all of the things in this movie are wonderful.
Love this movie veryyyyy much, thankyou for making this perfect movie,
suka banget sama a werewolf boy!!!!!!!!!!!
Kim Says:
Apr 22 2013 3:33 pm
this story make me cries. The plot was amazing. Congratulation to all the actors!
GG Says:
Apr 11 2013 5:20 pm
this movie its soooo touching i cant stop crying...
jade Says:
Mar 27 2013 9:31 am
hope park bo young will lead in a drama series,,i would definitely watch it.
joong ki and bo young have great chemistry but still lyk her with lee min ho the're so cute together..
sanjana Says:
Mar 24 2013 12:20 am
That was such a beautiful movie!
I stayed up all night... first watching it, then crying afterwards..
It"s one of the only few tearjerkers that actually made me cry...
loved it to the core!!!
thankyou directors, producers and most of all the amazing actors ( thistotally made me love song joong ki even more than before) !
reya Says:
Mar 17 2013 11:52 am
great movie especially soong joong ki....
Hwa Says:
Mar 14 2013 9:21 pm
Just finished watching this movie .. can't stop crying T.T
this is my new favorite korean movie u..u such an excellent story!!!
Mel Lee Says:
Mar 14 2013 8:39 pm
Wow. amazing
shin18 Says:
Mar 11 2013 1:04 pm
just finished watching this wonderful movie few minutes ago and i'm still crying. when will i stop? whenever i remember the last scenes........oh, really can't stop crying..
YoYo Says:
Mar 05 2013 7:18 pm
Just finish this movie and WoW!!!! i almost teared up and im a guy!! its a really good movie...really BEAUTIFUL MOVIE!!! RECOMMEND!!!
jeonjieun Says:
Mar 04 2013 12:56 pm
i just finished watching this movie.....................it's a really good movie....song joong ki never fails his fans....just like in sungkyunkwan scandal, innocent man and then this movie........the chemistry between him and park bo young is so good.........and the most memorable part for me is him saying" kkajima" T_T.......this is such a tearjerker but wonderful movie....:) SJK oppa himnae~~~~!!!!!!!!!
sayakahikaru Says:
Mar 02 2013 6:18 am
this movie is very touching and heart warming it is truly amazing in all aspect but it made me so emotional. Soo Joong Ki and Park Bo young are excellent actors (:
tooooot Says:
Mar 01 2013 6:27 am
I just love the movie, it made me feel lot of emotions, Park Bo Young and Song Joong Ki are the best!
I hope there would be Part 2 :)
jamei Says:
Feb 20 2013 11:11 am
SJK is really good acting with his eyes. Like in SKKS his eyes and eyebrow can showed many emotions. One thing that very good is his voice and how his deliver his lines. Very talented actor!!
SEKAI Says:
Feb 08 2013 6:34 am
The movie was so touching..
Janet Says:
Feb 05 2013 5:29 am
Such a heartbreaking movie.. i cried a lot while watching it... :'( joongki oppa's acting is soo amazing!
Asian Says:
Jan 20 2013 10:19 pm
Oh my gosh! I just saw this! it was so good! I loved the pairing, and Song Joong Ki was just perfect! I cried my eyes out. TToTT
MRM Says:
Dec 30 2012 2:24 am
If i looked they're both together .. I remember when Park Bo Young was appeared in Running Man episode 25 .. Haha .. They're so cute!
stuffs Says:
Dec 20 2012 2:06 am
Damn it! It's airing in USA theaters but nowhere near mine! What's wrong with the Western Bay Area?! It has the largest Asian base in all the United States but never airs any international films!!! DX
Jenny Says:
Dec 13 2012 6:07 am
Omg, FINALLY, I'm ABLE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE IN THE MOVIE THEATRE TODAY! After waiting for 3 months, I finally watched it. I'm so glad! As expected, this movie didn't disappoint me at all, instead, I was really satisfied with it!
To those who haven't watch it, go and watch! ♥
YAY!
shawn Says:
Dec 11 2012 1:04 pm
I wish they would release this in the US already, I can't wait to see it.
Though I'm curious how good it will be since I heard Song Joong Ki doesn't talk much.
One of the best parts about his acting, his how he delivers his lines.
Hulu does a good job about getting TV series fairly soon, but when it comes to movies it takes forever.
Nhung Says:
Dec 04 2012 3:25 am
I've just seen the movie! I love it!
Priscilla Says:
Dec 01 2012 2:23 pm
TTT___TTT it doesn't air in Australia (Sydney)????!!! Where can you buy the movie?? I really want to watch it bcuz it looks really interesting TTTT____TTTT
bullet Says:
Nov 26 2012 8:52 am
good job.. Soon Joon-Ki... keep up.. nice acting.. for a wolf boy.. more love..love to you..(~_^)..
Dianne Says:
Nov 12 2012 4:37 am
I loved the action and warmth of love in the Trailer. I hope it will soon be available in the USA or at least available by video with English subtitles!! Can't wait to see this movie :)
Marisol Says:
Nov 12 2012 1:17 am
Oppa gamnam style hes very cuute
Marisol Says:
Nov 12 2012 1:16 am
So cute song jung ki
Marisol Says:
Nov 12 2012 1:16 am
I want to watch
S.H Says:
Oct 31 2012 3:34 pm
Finally October 31, 2012 has come <3<3
I've been waiting for this movie
Love Song Joong Ki & Park Bo Young
jade Says:
Oct 20 2012 5:15 am
really love park bo young,,such a good actress,,love her in secret campus and english teacher with lee min ho..love sjk in sungkyunkwan scandal..sjk n pby perfect couple.
Rim Says:
Oct 10 2012 4:57 am
Song Joong ki is of course handsome&cute, but i love park boyoung too. Isnt she nice? :)♥
dearne Says:
Oct 05 2012 3:34 pm
omg i cant wait to watch this movie!! i wonder when it will come out on dvd... because it wont air here unfortunately (Australia) . Anyone know when the dvd is coming out? This movie LOOKS SO GREAT!
Janice Says:
Oct 05 2012 2:50 am
i really like this movie.. plsss down load soon.
Charlene Says:
Sep 14 2012 8:57 pm
This was the best movie I have ever seen this year...I'm glad TIFF invited them to premier their movie in Toronto... For once Im actually proud to be living here...
THE MOVIE WAS HILARIOUS AND A REAL TEAR JERKER
Really love the way sjk and pby portray their characters
DEFINITELY A MUST WATCH!!!
Christine Says:
Sep 11 2012 8:14 pm
SONG JOONG KI! he's MINE! even though its a huge difference in age xp BUT STILL MY HUBBY! no takies~ (^O^)
ㅋㅋㅋ 송중기 내꺼! (^///^)
dizchu Says:
Sep 11 2012 3:03 am
OMG OMG OMG!!! >_/////.<
can't wait for this movie.. hope it will be air in my country.. :D
jashmine mejarito Says:
Sep 09 2012 8:34 pm
Cant wait to watch this! Imma love JoongKi Oppa more;'')
dila Says:
Aug 30 2012 12:40 am
I really really wanna watch this movie cause Song Joong Ki is in it also it sound interesting .i can't wait
to see it , i love Song Joong Ki acting and i totally love him a lot.the movie will release in 9/11/2012
ohhh i can't wait until that day.
mistygurl09 Says:
Aug 23 2012 11:15 pm
this look like twilight...... and the wolf in there is jacob.....
the scene in the woods is so similar....
well i'll wait for this
coleen&yoon jun Says:
Aug 23 2012 4:44 am
we cant wait. loved them two from running man. they should win an award. :D
Seoyun Says:
Aug 18 2012 11:25 pm
It's going to debut in the Toronto Film Festival and come out in like October this year Or something. So sometime this fall.
Rey Says:
Aug 17 2012 10:57 pm
love the pairing! and finally the trailer is out. hope it airs soon!!!
sabby Says:
Aug 13 2012 2:58 pm
is it out yet? where can you watch it? ><
Lina Says:
Jul 20 2012 10:18 pm
Hm ... sounds interesting . I want to watch it for Song Joong Ki !!
Lea Says:
May 31 2012 7:10 am
when is it airing? was it cancelled? Is there any teasers?
Mary Says:
Apr 29 2012 4:49 pm
I've been waiting forever for this movie to air!
I love both of them together so much! I can't wait for the movie to be released,
I totally love Song Joong Ki and Park Bo Young together:)
Sarah Says:
Apr 28 2012 2:27 am
I Can't Wait Anymore...Why it Doesn't Start Airing?? (´･_･`)