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Movie: Woochi
Revised romanization: Jeon Woo Chi
Hangul: 전우치
Director: Choi Dong-Hun
Writer: Choi Dong-Hun
Producer: Eugene Lee, Katherine Kim, Lee Tae-Hun
Cinematographer Choi Young-Hwan
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Runtime: 120 min.
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Production Budget: $12 Million
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

"Woochi" begins in the Chosun Dynasty in 1509 and involves a trio of Taoist wizards, a magician named Jeon Woo Chi (Gang Dong-Won) and his dog turned man, a corrupt king, evil goblins, and a prophetic pipe everyone is after. Eventually Jeon Woo Chi becomes sealed inside an ancient scroll for a crime he did not commit.

Jumping ahead to the year 2009, the wizards are called out of peaceful retirement as goblins start appearing in modern Korea to wreak havoc all around. The trio call on Jeon Woo Chi, who is released from his ancient scroll entrapment, in to save the day. Problem is Jeon Woo Chi, a kind of anti-superhero, becomes more interested in sight-seeing and womanizing in modern day Korea.

Notes

Story is derived from the Korean folklore "Tale of Jeon Woo Chi"
Filming took place from September 2008 - May 18th, 2009.
Filming locations include Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Cheolwon, Cheonju, and Ik-san, South Korea and also Boracay, Philippines.
During the American Film Market (November 4th-11th, 2009), CJ Entertainment presented a 5 minute video of "Jeon Woo Chi" which helped to spur sales to 9 countries (Germany, China, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei).
"Woochi" opened #2 at the South Korean box office during its opening (Dec. 25-27) weekend. The film sold 1,273,900 tickets on 692 screens and took in 32.1% of all tickets sold that weekend.

Cast



Gang Dong-Won	Lim Soo-Jung	Kim Yun-Seok	Baek Yun-Shik
Jeon Woo-Chi	Seo In-Kyung	Hwadam	Master Wizard



Yu Hae-Jin	Yum Jung-Ah	Joo Jin-Mo	Kim Sang-Ho	Song Young-Chang
Chorangyi	actress	shamen	priest/father	monk

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Hyo-Jin - Red Hair Woman
Baek Do-Bin - Japanese sympathiser
Lee Mi-Do - court lady 2
Park Nam-Hee - noble married woman
No Jun-Ho - guard 1
Lee Suk - Lee Chun Daek
Lee Dae-Ro - politician
Bang Kil-Seung - man wearing yellow hanbok
Sun Woo-Sun - doctor
Jeon Sang-Jin - bar owner
Choi Jin-Ho - tailor
Park Ji-Yeon - staff member at CF studio
Kim Ki-Cheon - nobleman
Choi Gyo-Sik - nobleman 3
Park Soo-Young - son of nobleman
Han Kuk-Jin

Trailers

Image Gallery

Film Festivals

2010 (12th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 1, 2010 *International Festival Premiere
2010 (14th) Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 15-25, 2010 - World Fantastic Cinema
2011 (9th) New York Korean Film Festival - September 20-October 3, 2010
2010 (6th) Fantastic Fest - September 23-30, 2010
2010 (43rd) Sitges Film Festival - October 7-14, 2010 - Casa Àsia
2010 (30th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 14-24, 2010 - Spotlight on Korea *Hawaii Premiere

Awards

Best Cinematography (Choi Young-Hwan) - 2010 (30th) Critics Choice Awards - November 8

Comments

Comment #19
Ichigo Says:
Aug 09 2011 8:25 am

nice movie. I like it.
Awesome!
Comment #18
su jeong Says:
Dec 24 2010 2:47 pm

i like this movie really~
some said this kind of story is so common, but i think it is the attraction of this movie
this kind of plot is often have similar story, it is really hard to find really different
it is little hard to understand the hidden meaning of story, but although it is good!!!
i really like kang dong won 강동원 진짜 짱이야!!!
but i'm sad at he went army ㅠㅠ
he will have movie after 2 years later;;

i have same name with girl character~(i'm korean haha)
Comment #17
gacon Says:
Dec 18 2010 8:12 am

I don't really like this movie 'cause can't get its meanings!
Comment #16
Deva J Says:
Nov 30 2010 8:52 am

Hey.. Just happened to come across this movie..Watched it and was pleasantly surprised (I am from South India). Any other similar Korean movie that you guys would like to recommend ? TIA
Comment #15
Shenna Says:
Oct 31 2010 9:13 pm

im right it was in Boracay philippines!!! i miss the beach...
Comment #14
Noxan Says:
Oct 19 2010 8:28 am

Didn't like it, I've seen this kind of plot before and its pretty much exactly the same. Pretty much accurately guessed how the story would unfold throughout the entire movie, which irritated me even more since most of my guesses came true. And it didn't feel like Woochi was a very powerful wizard. All there was was a bunch of pointless jumping 15 ft into the air and hopping around and hitting people with sticks.
Comment #13
shuriken Says:
Aug 26 2010 9:35 am

the ending was in boracay, philippines
Comment #12
Ilya Says:
May 06 2010 7:06 am

he looks like chansung 2PM
Comment #11
Light Says:
Apr 25 2010 3:54 am

Nice Movie.It Is Good Very Nice I Like Jeon-Woo-Chi Very Much
Comment #10
evilive Says:
Jan 05 2010 4:44 pm

aahhh. i have to watch this. OMG OMG. KANG DONG WON. love your films so much. XD XD XD
Comment #9
Kira Says:
Jan 01 2010 5:16 pm

this looks amazing...i think i will buy this if i can find it.
Comment #8
KyokoAishiteru Says:
Dec 20 2009 9:00 am

KANG DONG WON!!! W<
Comment #7
anna Says:
Dec 09 2009 7:24 pm

omg i'm so excited! i wanna see this movie so bad!! it looks so good!!!!
Comment #6
Cal Says:
Nov 20 2009 8:34 am

Su-jeong! <3
Comment #5
snappern Says:
Oct 15 2009 12:29 pm

Yayyyy Su-jeong Im, I cant wait :)) LOVE
Comment #4
evilive Says:
Sep 19 2009 1:28 pm

Dong-won Kang
yeeeeyyyyyy
Comment #3
Su-jeong love Says:
May 18 2009 7:21 am

Has a trailer come out yet? I can't wait to see Su-jeong in a new movie!!
Comment #2
RazorbladeKiss Says:
Apr 24 2009 1:41 pm

can`t wait to watch this because my favorite actress is in this! Su-jeong Im!!
Comment #1
asnk Says:
Dec 26 2008 5:10 am

hmm story seems to be more intresting
jus waiting fr the time to rise fast to watch this movie
nd waiting to see kang dong won in his new outfit