Pluto - Korean Movie

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Movie: Pluto
Revised romanization: Myungwangsung
Hangul: 명왕성
Director: Shin Su-Won
Writer: Shin Su-Won
Producer: Shin Sang-Han
Cinematographer: Yoon Ji-Yoon
World Premiere: October, 2012 (Busan International Film Festival)
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Runtime: 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Suspense-Thriller / Arthouse
Distributor: Sidus Pictures
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Yoo-Jin (Sung Joon) is found dead in the mountain behind his high school. Joon (Lee Da-Wit) becomes the prime suspect due to his cellphone being found at the crime scene and the testimony of his fellow students. Joon is released though due to insufficient evidence.

Joon tried to join a secret group at their the high school, which Yoo-Jin led. The secret group consists of only the top 1% at their school. Dark secrets are revealed behind this exclusive club.

Notes

Filming began June 9, 2012 and finished August 2, 2012.

Cast



Sung Joon	David Lee	Kim Kkobbi	Cho Seong-Ha
Yoo-Jin	Kim Joon	Jung Soo-Jin	Chief Detective Park

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Kwon - Han Myung-Ho
Sun Joo-A - Kang Mi-Ra
Nam Tae-Boo - Choi Bo-Ram
Ryoo Kyung-Soo - Park Jung-Jae
Park Tae-Sung - literature teacher
Gil Hae-Yeon - Joon's mother
Oh Jung-Woo - Kang Chang-Min
Hwang Jung-Min - Han Myung-Ho's mother
Kim Jae-Rok - Principal

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Film Festivals

2012 (17th) Busan International Film Festival - October 4-13, 2012 - Korean Cinema Today - Vision *World Premiere
2013 (63rd) Berlin International Film Festival - February 7-17, 2013 - Generation *International Premiere
2013 (37th) Hong Kong International Film Festival - March 17 - April 4, 2013 - Young Cinema Competition
2013 (4th) Korean Film Festival in Australia - August 14-September 11, 2013 - Dark Matter
2013 (8th) Korean Film Festival In Paris - October 30-November 6, 2013 - Portrait - Shin Su-Won
2014 (16th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 5-9, 2014 - Out Of Competition

Comments

kalsoom Mar 23 2015 3:51 pm wonderful movie a liked the end song very much and also sung joon and david lee acting .indeed a very fine work of director

Brian Matthews Jun 26 2013 7:55 am One of the new strands included in this years Edinburgh International Film Festival is ‘Focus on Korea’ and Pluto is one of the six films on show to allow UK audiences to discover the most exciting in recent cinema from South Korea.

Filming began on June 9th 2012 and was completed in the following August, its world premiere took place in October 2012, with a general release date in Korea of July 11th 2013, so we are fortunate to see this movie so early in its release schedule.

The story takes place at an elite boarding school and when the film opens we witness the murder of its top student. The main suspect is June a boy from an underprivileged background who has not been able to break into the coveted ranks of the top ten students, a sort of Korean Bullingdon Club. Its when he discovers that there is a conspiracy among these top students to keep all others from obtaining there academic potential that the situation get more explosive.

Academic terrorism rules in a bitter and twisted story where teachers, parents and pupils care more for their grades than they do for their fellow human beings. People who are prepared to go to any lengths no matter how extreme to gain exam results that will catapult them into a career that will reward them with untold riches and power.

Shin Su-won’s direction, the wonderful cinematography, the totally convincing acting from its mainly young cast and the utterly appropriate soundtrack add to a very strong story line that gives European audiences an example of South Korean filmmaking at its very best.

Ramachandran Jun 22 2013 4:07 pm I saw the movie today at EIFF( Edinburgh) on 23rd June . It is a terrific movie , well scripted and Directed . I felt the mad parents driving their children For success in entrance examinations in my Induan state o Kerala should see this movie !!!

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