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Movie: Concrete Utopia
Revised romanization: Concrete Utopia
Hangul: 콘크리트 유토피아
Director: Uhm Tae-Hwa
Writer: Kim Soong-Nyoong (webcomic), Uhm Tae-Hwa, Lee Shin-Ji
Producer:
Cinematographer: Joe Hyung-Rae
Release Date: August 9, 2023
Runtime: 129 min.
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Seoul is devastated by a powerful earthquake. Hwanggoong Apartment is the only place still standing after the earthquake. Survivors make their way to Hwanggoong Apartment.

Young-Tak (Lee Byung-Hun) temporarily leads the residents of Hwanggoong apartment. As the crisis unfolds, Young-Tak tries to protect the residents from outsiders. Min-Sung (Park Seo-Jun) was a public officer. He is picked by Young-Tak and becomes his helper. Myeong-Hwa (Park Bo-Young) is Min-Sung’s wife and a nurse. She takes care of the injured.

Notes

Based on webcomic "Yukwaehan Yiwoot" by Kim Soong-Nyoong, which is part II of webcomic "Yukwaehan Wangdda" (published from January 21, 2015 to February 10, 2016 via lezhin.com/ko/comic/happy_boy).

Cast



Lee Byung-Hun	Park Seo-Jun	Park Bo-Young	Kim Sun-Young	Kim Do-Yoon
Young-Tak	Min-Sung	Myeong-Hwa	Geum-Ae	Do-Kyun



Park Ji-Hu	Lee Seo-Hwan
Hye-Won	Director Park

Additional Cast Members:

Kang Ae-Shim - Young-Tak's mother
Lee Hyo-Je - Ji-Hyeok
Lee Sun-Hee - Joo-Mong's mother
Kwon Eun-Seong - Joo-Mong
Kwak Ja-Hyoung - Mr. Wang
Choi Young-Do - Mr. Oh
Kim Yeon-Ji - Ji-Woo
Kim Hak-Sun - national assembly member
Gong Min-Jung - Hyo-Jin
Um Tae-Goo - homeless person 1
Jung Young-Ki - homeless person 2
Oh Hee-Joon - homeless person 3
Kim Jun-Bae - homeless person 4
Kim Dong-Gon - real estate agent
Byun Jin-Soo - civil defense member
Kwak Min-Gyu - examinee
Kim Hong-Kook - tangerine peel man
Nam Jin-Bok - #1004
Kim Hee-Sang - #307
Son Min-Suk - #209
Hwang Jeong-Nam - #206
Jeon Young - medical team leader
Jung Eun-Kyung - Mrs. Jung
Bae Ki-Bum - modernized hanbok
Joo In-Young - Gimpo-daek
Lee Ji-Hae - Mr. Oh's wife
Lee Eun-Joo - Mr. Wang's wife
Lee Jae-Joon - Joon-Yi
Park Joo-Yong - patrol 1
Moo Hyun - patrol 2
Kim Hyun-Chang - patrol 4
Hong Seong-O - patrol 7
Kim Ye-Eun - woman
Kim Bong-Hee - gray-haired grandmother
Lee Ja-Ryoung - resident
Oh Min-Jung - resident
Kim Tae-Joon - resident
Byun Jung-Hee - old woman
Park Jong-Hwan - real Young-Tak
Kim Byung-Soon - guard
Choi Yoon-Kyung - outsider 1
Kim Moon-Hak - outsider 3
Oh Eun-Ji - medical staff 2

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Awards

2023 (44th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 24, 2023
- Best Director (Uhm Tae-Hwa)
- Best Actor (Lee Byung-Hun)
2023 (59th) Daejong Film Awards - November 15, 2023
- Best Film
- Best Actor (Lee Byung-Hun)
- Best Supporting Actress (Kim Sun-Young)
- Best Art Design
- Best Lighting
- Best Technical Award

Comments

ellie Feb 09 2025 4:17 am Only highly empathetic people will understand Myung-hwa. Even in such a disaster, being good to other people isn't equal to not wanting to survive, as shown in the final scene where there's a friendly community of people who chose to take people in instead of forsake them or steal from them. Ultimately, what led to Hwang-gung's downfall is their evil deeds. If they utilized the strength of the outsiders while catering to them, they could have gathered more food with the combined manpower. Instead, they encouraged division and discrimination — and look where that led them.

I'm sure Minsung knew it as well, but was terrified when he saw how much power Youngtak held over the other residents. He realized in the end how he basically dedicated his faith and spent all his conscience into the wrong person — one who murders as long as he keeps his position in Hwang-gung. Because, let's face it, killing the real Young-tak is bad, but killing Hye-won was ultimately evil.

Anyway, this movie gave me a nightmare. It was a good watch, even if it's formulaic. You go, Myunghwa!

myu Jul 16 2024 9:54 am this is crazy funny... this movie director cast his brother as cameo homeless person 1, Uhm Tae Goo, the ML in My sweet Mobster.. <3 such a mind blowing

Su San Jan 07 2024 3:43 pm Dystopian survival tale in a post-disaster world about the morality being human and living in a community. Special effects were all very well done and acting is great. The moral of the story is nothing new, but is thought-provoking;

KST Oct 30 2023 8:09 am I just watched this movie. It is really amazing but the ending was not meaningful. Anyhow this movie is nice. The acting was really amazing I think if the plot story is different this movie could have been more popular than this. Park seo joon, Lee byun hoon and Park bo young has done their best with their acting.

CritiQueen Oct 19 2023 10:25 am Not worth the watch. Even the highly paid and notable actors can't save this movie. Bo young's character was the worst part here. I came to an age where I realized being selfish is not bad at all times. Sometimes we have to be selfish so we may not completely lose ourselves. Helping others is good, but not to the point where we become incapacitated.

Tin Oct 12 2023 8:26 pm With spoiler -

Still at the 1st 20mins of the film, but I'm not sure if I want to continue... I'm a little annoyed at Bo Young's character and I pity Seo Joon's character. PSJ is doing his best to provide for his wife but PBY is acting too good on such a disaster. I understand she can't help but feel pity and wanted to help them, but doesn't she need to her and her husband's needs first?! I mean, her character is a little too goody goody for a such a situation... Well, could be that I am just quite selfish as well for me to think this lol! I'm just thinking that this is a huge disaster with nothing much to look forward to than to make sure you live the next day, and I felt like she's in a bubble where she doesn't understand that in this situation, it's okay to be a little selfish so you and your husband can survive the next day... Anyway I was only at 20mins mark, so maybe I'm thinking too far ahead...

Stass Oct 07 2023 10:07 am Lee byung hyun are very horrible person in this movie! he's a villian, just like how he was evil in his other movies. Park seo joon and Park bo young are the only innocent here. I can’t stand this film anymore.

bieber Oct 07 2023 9:38 am -first of all, all the characters in this movie are villains, selfish. -PD attracted many viewers by hiring 5 star actors/actresses. While this movie is NOT THAT GOOD.

The story is not interesting at all! everyone in this story is selfish, willing to kill to steal food. They think they just want to continue living, why not continue living together with the other residents?? Terrible plot.

Haru Sep 29 2023 10:20 am Already watched it. Quite good movie, but I cannot help to hate Myeong Hwa character here. She is the most annoying character in this movie, the way she looked at other as she is the only person who is right and everyone else is wrong. Oh God I hate her. Park Bo Young (my favorite actress) cannot even make me like (or at least understand) Myeong Hwa.

I mean, this is the time after disaster happen. Human lost hope. It's different from start from the beginning, because everything is destroyed. It's hard to find a single living animal to eat it. And the can only depend on stock food. It's like they only waiting their own death because once the food used up the will starve to death. Even worse they have to fight other so they can eat.

But this naive girl doesn't like the idea of getting others food everytime her husband going away to find food. Whereas all she did is just stay at apartment without knowing what her husband have to deal with outside. Once again. This is the time after disaster (very big disaster happen), it's eather you eat other food or they will eat yours, eather you attack other or they will attack you. You cannot help everyone and think you can be a saviour but do nothing and goes away when the attack coming to the apartment.

Oh God. She is naive, hypocrite, a coward, and I hate her. Done.

Lol May 25 2023 9:32 pm The film will be released in August this year. Don't forget to watch it

poshpi Jan 17 2023 6:52 am When will it be releaseddddddd I want to watch PBY on screen alreadyyyy

day6 Oct 29 2022 11:18 am I think Park Jihoo is on it too

Shairli Sep 24 2022 10:40 pm When will this be released? Dont give us false hope.

Julia Apr 17 2022 6:01 am I've watched Mr. Sunshine starring Lee Byung Hun twice. It would be nice to see him with another excellent actor, PSJ.

Eugene choi Sep 29 2021 12:07 pm Lee byunghun literally a legend actor

cloud Aug 27 2021 9:03 am omg they have finished filming!! i can't wait to see this movie AAAAAA im so excited to see park bo young as a nurse!!

KangSolC Jul 01 2021 8:29 pm omgosh Im happy to see PSJ as one of the cast but Lee Byung Hun Omgggggggggggg Im Getting Hyped Up

JScrashlandingonyou Jun 28 2021 12:34 am I have three favourite Korean actresses, Park Bo Young is one of them. In 2020 I made a wish for 5 actors to be her co-star for future projects. Two has been fulfilled (Seo In Guk and Park Seo Jeon). Hopefully my wish for the other 3 become reality soon (Jung Hae In, Park Bo Gum and Kang Ha Neul)

Korilee Jun 22 2021 9:24 pm Park bo young is my favourite korean actress. I really love her roles. Ive watched all her movies and i cant wait for this after doom at your service.

porkypine Jun 21 2021 7:24 pm Wow.. Just thinking about how huge Seoul is... and only One apartment left standing? That is an apocalyptic scene.

Hopefully, it will play on Netflix or Viki so I can watch it.

Brunny Hernandez Jun 15 2021 11:16 pm Would love to see this movie. but in the area that I reside there is no theater to show Korean movies. Will this be shown on Netflix later in the year? Park Bo young is my favorite Korean actress and is very sad I'm not able to watch all her movies and series. I will be visiting South Korea as soon as possible and I hope I find a place where I can sit and watch everything that I have missed. She is a fantastic actress , true to her characters. I'm very impressed. Good luck with this movie. God bless PBJ.

aaleyah Jun 07 2021 7:07 pm I got chills. Literally, I was just thinking about male actors whom I thought would be kinda weird to see with my lovely and amazing Park Bo Young. I thought: Oh, Lee Jae Wook and Park Bo Young together would be a strange combination. What about Park Seo Joon and Park Bo Young together? A strange combination too, but I would love to see them. Then I wondered if perhaps they've been together before or something; I googled it and came across this.

I'm super excited, because both of them (Park Seo Joon and Park Bo Young) are my favorite actors, and because they will act together as a couple.

Jen May 23 2021 7:27 pm OMG! I can't wait

Jhay May 11 2021 7:30 pm Wow i cant wait movie so excited!

Ran May 05 2021 5:22 am PSJ x PBY tandem wahhhh plus there's LBH! So excited!

baekaf Apr 19 2021 5:21 pm oh wow, i cant wait to see lee byung hun in this! im so exited:)

Danica Monares Apr 19 2021 7:31 am Can't wait, my godddddd

Fatimah Mar 16 2021 10:49 am I can't wait for it ooo

adrianna Feb 20 2021 10:02 pm cjxosoxjsoa where can i watch thisss

Meow Feb 09 2021 2:27 am Okay Park Bo Young is wife of Park Seo Joon here. Cant wait!!!

Yourfan Jan 16 2021 8:38 am I like the synopsis and the casts obviously

Ma.z Dec 07 2020 10:38 am Here we are!... thats make me crazy....

Mika Sep 28 2020 8:53 pm This is really 3 cast ?

Chi Sep 23 2020 12:29 am OH MY GOD... this cast is just amazing?! WAHHHH i really cannot wait for this movie!!! lee byunghun, park seojoon, park boyoung fighting!!!!!

Joe Y Sep 13 2020 7:05 am Perfectoo actors! omg still 2 years later lol, can't wait hmm

MRSUNSHINE Aug 30 2020 12:22 pm Yesss Lee Byung Hun!!!!!! Mr Sunshine was the best drama Ever. Hope this one will be good too!

KshowID Aug 28 2020 1:30 am waaaaaaa PBY PSJ LBH i can't wait watch this movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feraldo Aug 14 2020 2:32 am Woww Lee Byung Hun always soing big projects. He's so powerfull actor.

Wew Aug 07 2020 1:21 am What the hell that park bo young become park so joon's wife in this movie?? Cannot she just become an ordinary team person and they met while in saving life?? However i hope this could be a very very serious movie

Audrey Aug 06 2020 3:13 am Oh niceeee It's Park Bo-Young from Strong girl Bong Soon & Abyss & oh my ghost and IT'S Park Seo-Joon from What's wrong with secretary Kim & itaewon class & Fight For my Way OMG Can't Wait To See This Master Piece

Caroline Aug 05 2020 10:09 pm Park seo Joon?

Helen Aug 05 2020 12:36 am Park seo joon ?? can't wait,you know i'm not gonna sleep thinking these

Joy Aug 04 2020 6:39 am Powerful cast tho. Cant wait!

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