Start-Up (Korean Movie)

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Movie: Start-Up (English title)
Revised romanization: Sidong
Hangul: 시동
Director: Choi Jeong-Yeol
Writer: Jo Geum-San (webcomic), Choi Jeong-Yeol
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: December 18, 2019
Runtime:
Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Taek-Il (Park Jung-Min) is 18-years-old and rebellious. He lives with his mother. When she was younger, Taek-Il's mother played volleyball. Going against what his mother wants, Taek-Il drops out of high school. He spends his days hanging out with his friend Sang-Pil (Jung Hae-In). One day, Taek-Il suddenly leaves home and goes to Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. He gets a delivery job at a Chinese restaurant. There, he meets mysterious cook Geo-Seok (Ma Dong-Seok) from the Chinese restaurant. Meanwhile, Sang-Pil begins to work at a private loan office.

Notes

Based on the webcomic series "Shidong" by Jo Geum-San (published from October 31, 2014 to November 6, 2015 via Daum Webtoon Company).
Filming began March 8, 2019 and finished June 27, 2019.

Cast



Ma Dong-Seok	Park Jung-Min	Jung Hae-In	Yum Jung-Ah	Choi Sung-Eun
Geo-Seok	Taek-Il	Sang-Pil	Taek-Il's mother	Kyung-Joo



Kim Jong-Soo	Yoon Kyung-Ho	Kim Kyung-Duk	Ko Du-Shim
Owner Kong	Kim Dong-Hwa	Bae Gu-Man	Sang-Pil's grandmother

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Min-Jae - Kwak Sung-Moo
Park Hae-Joon - Tae-Sung
Lee Hae-Woon - Moon Sung-Hyun
Lee Soo-Bin - Park Da-Mi
Heo Joon-Seok - Dongdaemun
Sung Hyuk - Kang Dae-Cheon
Hong-In - Park Doo-Man
Bang Eun-Jung - Kim Ko-Eun
Cha Woo-Jin - Detective Kang
Kim Mi-Hwa - soup restaurant kitchen employee
Kim Dae-Gon - cop 1
Jo Dae-Hee - Detective Oh
Kwon Hyuk-Bum - Suk-Goo
Oh Jae-Se - thug
Choi Hyun-Jong - thug
Seon Yool-Woo - thug
Park Sung-Il - labor service employee
Jo Jae-Young - gambling man
Baek Joo-Hee - ticket office employee
Ryoo Sung-Hyun - sashimi restaurant owner
Kim Ja-Young - cleaning lady
Yoo Su-Bin - army sergeant about to be discharged
Ryoo Je-Seung - director
Kwak Soo-Jung - motel owner
Jung Eui-Wook - Cheongryangri
Son Suk-Bae - meat store owner
Seung Eui-Yeol - cook
Jo Han-Joon

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Krystal Dec 19 2020 2:49 pm Watch because of the start-up drama, interesting film and beautiful ending but I really don't know what GS's job actually is

mx Mar 26 2020 2:05 pm i really like the story

caca Mar 17 2020 7:59 pm all main casts are great actors! and park jung min should start a new highscooler drama. i really want to see him as a male lead in a highscooler uniform in a teenager drama PLEASE

LKB Dec 02 2019 8:34 pm Ma Dong Seok and Jung Hae In... Ma Dong Seok with that hair/fashion sense as a cook... I'm going to need a "empty bladder first" warning whenever I get to see this! That big boy makes me giggle like a school kid.

HulkPink Nov 13 2019 2:42 am Ma Dong Seok Rocking Pink Sweatshirt and the Wig lmao

Nur Farhana Nov 12 2019 10:33 am Ma Dong Seok and Park Jung Min!!!! Btw goshhhh MDS how many movies ready this year ?? But Im Loving Itttt Followed All His Movies

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