Coin Locker Girl

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Movie: Coin Locker Girl (English title) / Chinatown (Korean English title)
Revised romanization: Chinatown
Hangul: 차이나타운
Director: Han Jun-Hee
Writer: Han Jun-Hee
Producer: Ahn Eun-Mi, Jo Dong-Ki, Yoon Kyoung-Hwan, Kim Jung-Sook
Cinematographer: Lee Chang-Jae
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Crime / Women / Award Winning
Distributor: CGV Arthouse
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A new born girl is placed in a coin operated locker in the subway station. The girl is raised by a mother (Kim Hye-Soo) who is the boss for a loan shark group. Later, when the girl has grown into a teen, she carries out missions given to her by her mother.

Notes

Filming began August 5, 2014 and finished October 16, 2014.
Early Korean working title was "Coin Locker Girl."

Cast



Kim Hye-Soo	Kim Go-Eun	Um Tae-Goo	Park Bo-Gum	Ko Kyoung-Pyo
Mother	Il-Young	Woo-Gon	Seok-Hyun	Chi-Do



Lee Soo-Kyung	Cho Hyun-Chul	Jo Bok-Rae	Lee Dae-Yeon	Jung Suk-Yong
Ssong	Hong-Joo	Tak	Teacher Ahn	Mr. Woo



Baek Soo-Jang	Kim Soo-Ahn	Ki Joo-Bong
#2	Il-Young (child)	man in suite

Additional Cast Members:

Ki Guk-Seo - man in police uniform (visiting mother)
Lee Jang-Won - big belly guy
Oh Dae-Hwan - big guy
Bae Yoo-Ram - local police 1
Ahn Jae-Hong - local police 2
Lee Sang-Hee - big man's wife
Yang Hee-Myoung - police officer
Hwang Jae-Won - boy
Park Ji-So - Ssong (young)
Goo Gun-Min - child with leukemia
Ko Yeon-A - photo studio kid 1
Cha Rae-Hyoung - Chinese man 1 living abroad
Woo Sang-Ki - Chinese man 3 living abroad
Kim Lee-Woo - Japanese guy
Yoon Young-Kyun - Chi-Do’s subordinate 2
Kim Gun-Ho - inspecting police
Lee Min-Ji - stowaway
Hong Seung-Jin - training man
Oh Shi-Eun - woman 12 working in high class room salon
Kwon Hyuk - Panpyrin man
Lee Hae-Woon - male translator
Shin Dong-Hoon - photo studio man
Kim Han-Jong - beggar (2004)
Yoo Ji-Hyun - waitress
Lee Sang-Hong - stowaway
Oh Yu-Jin - female middle school student
Lee Myung-Ha - woman
Woo Jin-Hyuk - club employee 1
Wi Ha-Joon - Woo-Gon (young)
Han Woo-Yul

Trailers

Film Festivals

2015 (19th) Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - July 16-26, 2015 - Bucheon Choice: Feature

Awards

2015 (35th) Korean Association of Film Critics Awards - November 16, 2015
- Best Actress (Kim Hye-Soo)
2016 (52nd) BaekSang Arts Awards - June 3, 2016
- Best New Director (Han Jun-Hee)

Comments

hihihello Oct 30 2021 8:31 am This movie was great! I like the other works of Director Han Jun Hee such as Hit and Run Squad and the newest one, D.P. It's awesome! And Cho Hyun Chul really nailed his role just like he did in this movie.

Emmillya H May 03 2021 7:46 pm 20150429_Coin locker girl/Chinatown starring #ParkBoGum, #KimGoeun #Kimhyesoo is Good Movie, i like it, thankyou.

Katie Mar 22 2021 8:54 pm I enjoyed this movie because it is another feather in the cap of Kim Hye Soo as Best Actress for this role as an unglamorous, cold blooded loan shark. It is a far cry from her other roles that gave her Best Actress awards such as the notorious historical character Jang Hee Bin, also a femme fatale in Tazza: High Rollers and Thieves, a funny protagonist in Queen of Office, and Best Actress in crime show Signal and Hyena.

Nikki Jun 21 2020 4:06 pm Honestly such a good movie. 10/10. Really loved the storyline, and Kim Go-Eun killed it! So different from seeing her act in a drama. She should definitely do more crime/ action movies. I will be re-watching this movie in the future for sure.

caca Mar 21 2020 7:00 am i really like um tae goo's character. i hate seeing him died. T_T

hassani Nov 29 2018 4:09 pm What i find funny is, if Park Bo-Gum wasn't good looking he would have been a forgotten story, that's just a funny bad thing about humanity. hhhhh

Jojina Apr 06 2017 4:50 am park bo gum, go kyung pyo and lee min ji are all from Reply 1988 cast!

Daylight Feb 25 2017 11:10 pm Park Bo Gum's character was such a sweetheart. Kim Go Eun portrayed her character very well. Storyline was good. All around good movie.

Heba Feb 01 2017 8:45 am Kim Go Eun can do it all <3 I love you unni ♥

lala Jan 22 2017 3:50 am kim go eun seriously a good actress. she can be a brutal, a psiko and a cute character in her work. she is my crush. i hope KGE can show us more quality work in future. saranghae.

Rouge Aug 28 2016 10:58 pm this movie should have won more awards, a true master piece in my opinion. I absolutely loved the script. However what really did it for me was Kim Go Eun by far one of the most talented actress in the industry. She has true talent and a true actress unlike the singer turned actors/actress. You can truly tell the difference in acting b.w the two. very impressive and hats off to the people for casting the right individuals because the dynamics were mind-blowing. If you can't tell i really really like this movie and Park Bo Gum and Kim Go Eun, i just really really like this movie.

Rosel Jul 04 2016 6:25 am The characters are really captivating. They have done their roles so well.

Anti May 15 2016 6:00 am I really like this movie..

Its funny that i still hope until the end that Seohyun (Bo Gum) still alive T.T

I really more fallin love with Bogum and Go eun because this movie..

Reccomended!!!! Must Watching!

vmarlany Feb 13 2016 6:44 pm i didn't expect too much since this is action and brutal movie, because i don't like the genre. but i consider to watch it because kim go eun play this movie, and out of my expectation from the begining of movie i start to like it, this movie drag me into the story even there is some brutal scene , their acting make me forget that this is just a movie. i come to story as if i am in movie and play the movie. lol . this review maybe exagerated but really this is the best korean action that i ever watched.

Diane Feb 02 2016 1:19 pm Good acting can't hide the glaring fact that this is a distasteful, brutal movie. If you're into self-abuse in a big way, you'll probably enjoy sitting through this gore. For me, it was a colossal waste of time.

lovethuggyduck Feb 01 2016 4:20 pm One of the best Korean films that I've seen. Kim Go Eun was so good in this. And Park Bo Gum was so adorable, as usual.

AnnisaAdiba Jan 07 2016 1:09 pm can't believe... she was the same person on Cheese In The Trap.............. Kim Go Eun has become my new favorite actress!

10% Oct 24 2015 2:11 am History repeats itself.

omurice Oct 22 2015 8:05 pm hardened crinimal falls in love and gives her life for debtor's son after seeing a guy a few times...alternate sci fi universe. kim go eun, very natural korean beauty.

mica Sep 10 2015 10:45 pm great violence! kekeke

Ceci Jul 21 2015 11:50 pm This reminds me of Hwayi and also killer girl k! And the cast is amazing the actress who plays the mom is an amazing actress she's so versatile it doesn't even make sense how she transforms for her roles and the girl I remember her in Monster with Lee min ki, she nailed her role! And not to mention park Bo gum is killing it in I Remember You! Epic Cast, Epic Movie! Can't wait!

slt Apr 26 2015 6:40 am I can't wait for this! I adore Kim Go-Eun since the day I saw her in Eun Gyo (A Muse)

reii Feb 20 2015 5:28 am it's from japanese novel coin locker babies right?

Panda Feb 19 2015 7:04 pm Dang, her mom's hair really needs some Deep Conditioning treatments! daebak so dry!... on the other hand this seems like a good drama.

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