Running Turtle
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Profile
- Movie: Running Turtle
- Revised romanization: Keobokyi Dalrinda
- Hangul: 거북이 달린다
- Director: Lee Yeon-Woo
- Writer: Lee Yeon-Woo
- Producer: Jun-yeon Lee, Jeong-il Nam, Mi-yeong Lee, Jeong-il Nam, David Cho
- Cinematographer: Yong-gyu Jo
- Release Date: June 11, 2009
- Runtime: 117 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Pil-seong Jo (Kim Yun-Seok) is a detective in the small county of Yeosan, Chungnam. One day, an escapee from prison named Ki-tae Song (Jeong Kyeong-Ho) enters the small county. The escapee then proceeds to steal the detective's honor, reputation, and self-respect. Yet, Pil-seong is also a detective that doesn't know how to quit as he pursues the prison escapee.
Notes
- "Running Turtle" opened #1 at the South Korean box office selling 437,838 tickets on 490 screens (27.2% of all ticket sales) during its opening June 12th - June 14th weekend.
- Through its theatrical run the movie sold a total of 3 million tickets, grossing 20.6 billion ₩ (staying in the top ten for 7 weeks).
Cast
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| Kim Yun-Seok | Jeong Kyeong-Ho | Sun Woo-Sun | Kyeon Mi-Ri | Shin Jeong-Keun |
| Pil-seong Jo | Ki-tae Song | Coffee Shop lady | wife | Yong-bae |
Additional Cast Members:
- Choi Kwon -Jae-seok Pyo
- Kim Hye-Ji - Ju-rang
- Ju Jin-Mo
- Min Kyeong-Jin
- Lee Mu-Saeng
- Kim Hee-Won
- Kim Ji-Na
- Jo Duk-Je
- Seo Dong-Soo - fat man
- Lee Joon-Ha - second daughter
- Yum Dong-Hyun - owner of lottery stand
- Yoo Ha-Bok - Detective Kim
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th - Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
- 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Spotlight on Korea
- 2010 (39th) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 27th-Feb. 7th - Bright Future
- 2010 (12th) Udine Far East Film - April 23-May 1 *Italian Premiere
- 2010 (4th) Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur - June 12-18, 2010 - Itineraries
- 2010 (9th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 23-29, 2010 *Southwest Premiere
