The Righteous Thief

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• Movie: The Righteous Thief (International English title) / The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Hongkildongui Huye
• Hangul: 홍길동의 후예
• Director: Jeong Yong-Ki
• Writer: Park Jung-Woo
• Producer: Kim Jae-Jung, Lim Seung-Yong, Ham Jeong-Yeop, Bae Seong-Eun
• Cinematographer: Moon Yong-Sik
• Release Date: November 26, 2009
• Runtime: 117 min.
• Distributor: SK Telecom
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Hong Mu-Hyeok (Lee Beom-Soo) is the 18th generation descendant of Hong Kil-dong (famous Robin Hood like character). By day, Hong Mu-Hyeok works as a high school music teacher, but by night works as a Hong Kil-dong like thief. His rival is Lee Jeong-Min (Kim Su-Ro), a cold blooded businessman known to bribe politicians for personal gains.

Notes

1. Hong Kil-dong is a well known fictional character from the Joseon Dynasty era novel "Tale of Hong Kildong" by Heo Hyun.
2. The movie "The Descendants of Hong Gil-dong" takes the fictional character of Hong Kil-dong and supposes he is a real person whose descendant is Mu-hyeok Hong (played by Lee Beom-Su).
3. Started filming July 31st, 2009.

Cast

Lee Beom-Soo	Kim Su-Ro	Lee Si-Young	Song Dong-Il
Hong Mu-Hyeok	Lee Jeong-Min	Song Hyeon-Hwa	Song Jae-Pil

Park In-Hwan	Kim Ja-Ok	Jo Hie-Bong	Jang Ki-Beom
Hong Man-Seok	Seok Myeong-Ae	Park	Hong Chan-Hyeok

Additional Cast Members:

• Ko Eun-Mi - Choi Su-Young
• Kim Hyeok - Team Leader Jeong
• Kim Bo-Young - Hyo-Jung
• Shin Young-Sik
• Ryoo Ui-Hyun - Hong Mu-Hyeok (young)

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Comments

• Comment #2
  Maudl Says:
  Jul 18 2011 8:01 am
  

  I wonder what's that stuffed pumpkin meal they're eating at the end. It was the only thing I liked about this movie...

• Comment #1
  lun.3bi Says:
  Jul 28 2010 11:35 pm
  

  good movie ... kim su- ro took the villain! Excellent: x

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