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Movie: Woochi
Revised romanization: Jeon Woo Chi
Hangul: 전우치
Director: Choi Dong-Hoon
Writer: Choi Dong-Hoon
Producer: Eugene Lee, Katherine Kim, Lee Tae-Hun
Cinematographer Choi Young-Hwan
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Time Travel
Production Company: Zip Cinema
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.
Related titles:
1. Jeon Woo-Chi | Jeonwoochi (KBS2 / 2012)

Cast



Gang Dong-Won	Lim Soo-Jung	Kim Yun-Seok	Baek Yoon-Sik
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 sympathizer
Lee Mi-Do - court lady 2
Park Nam-Hee - noble married woman
No Jun-Ho - guard 1
Lee Sook - Lee Chun Daek
Lee Dae-Ro - politician
Hwang Gun - aide
Bang Soo-Hyung - man wearing yellow hanbok
Kim Zo-Woon - 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
Kang Soo-Young - bartender
Kim Ki-Cheon - nobleman
Yoon Jong-Goo - nobleman 2
Choi Gyo-Sik - nobleman 3
Park Soo-Young - son of nobleman
Kim Ji-Min - yellow hanbok 3
Jang Nam-Boo - manager
Park Sung-Hoon - one of 10 Jeon Woo Chis
Min Ji-Hyuk - one of 10 Jeon Woo Chis
Lee Do-Hyun - Musician Park / Patrolman 3
Ko Jun - person 3 at inn
Hong Gyung-Yun - middle aged woman
Jeon Hun-Tae - driver
Choi Woo-Ri - Gyeongseong era dancer
Lee Na-Kyung - Taoist fairy
Lee Seung-Chan - guard 2 in suit
Kim Chae-Hyun - club woman
Kim Si-Kwon - photographer

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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

sgt_doom Oct 16 2022 10:33 pm Very well done, great pacing and timing, clever script --- very entertaining!!!

Dong–Won was really exceptional in this!!!

Asmchii Feb 25 2021 8:42 am Woochi looks cooler in hanbok ?

Elsa Pataky Oct 15 2015 9:11 pm What a bullsh*t stories Nano spray Asli mci

CoolBeans Nov 18 2014 4:41 pm Entertaining. South Koreas answer to Harry Potter!

gunn Dec 28 2013 4:17 am Nano spray Asli mci. you just made my day that is the funniest story ever hahaha. ha i am dying hahaha. in my language we would say, uchinyanya kunyebera mwana!

Nano spray Asli mci Dec 17 2013 4:56 pm Today, I went to the beach front with my children. I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She placed the shell to her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear. She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is completely off topic but I had to tell someone!

Capricorn0Angel Nov 04 2013 11:09 pm COOL ONE! Great story with unpredictable plot. A very genius thing near the ending. Don't ever get bored if you hasn't reached the ending yet ;) What a sexy voice he has, Dong won <3 Close to hollywood movies with the special details of Korean movies. I definitely love this one! Even until the end, you'll get some parts that may seem unfinished but it becomes definitely clear at the end! Im Soo Jung , Kang Dong Won fighting!!!

shin18 Oct 16 2013 2:03 pm woooooooochi! :*

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Novita Aug 13 2012 5:50 am like this movie and Kang Dong Won...

Ichigo Aug 09 2011 8:25 am nice movie. I like it. Awesome!

su jeong 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)

gacon Dec 18 2010 8:12 am I don't really like this movie 'cause can't get its meanings!

Deva J 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

Noxan 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.

shuriken Aug 26 2010 9:35 am the ending was in boracay, philippines

Ilya May 06 2010 7:06 am he looks like chansung 2PM

Light Apr 25 2010 3:54 am Nice Movie.It Is Good Very Nice I Like Jeon-Woo-Chi Very Much

evilive 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

Kira Jan 01 2010 5:16 pm this looks amazing...i think i will buy this if i can find it.

KyokoAishiteru Dec 20 2009 9:00 am KANG DONG WON!!! W<

anna Dec 09 2009 7:24 pm omg i'm so excited! i wanna see this movie so bad!! it looks so good!!!!

Cal Nov 20 2009 8:34 am Su-jeong! <3

snappern Oct 15 2009 12:29 pm Yayyyy Su-jeong Im, I cant wait :)) LOVE

evilive Sep 19 2009 1:28 pm Dong-won Kang yeeeeyyyyyy

Su-jeong love May 18 2009 7:21 am Has a trailer come out yet? I can't wait to see Su-jeong in a new movie!!

RazorbladeKiss Apr 24 2009 1:41 pm can`t wait to watch this because my favorite actress is in this! Su-jeong Im!!

asnk 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

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