Director: Jo Sung-Hee (A Werewolf Boy)
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Cast: Lee Je-Hoon (Architecture 101), Kim Sung-Kyun (Nameless Gangster, The Neighbor), Go A-Ra (The Magician)
Phantom Detective, its Korean title literally means ‘Detective Hong Gil-Dong: The Missing Village’. (Small trivia: Hong Gil-Dong is a popular fictional character, who can be best described as the Joseon dynasty’s version of Robin Hood.)
In the film, Hong Gil-Dong (played by Lee Je-Hoon) is a ruthless private detective with a quirky personality.
Synopsis: Hong Gil-Dong, after witnessing the murder of his mother as a child, seeks revenge and is on the trail of the killer for 2 decades. While uncovering the identity of the killer, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
Director Jo made his first commercial feature debut with the 2012 fantasy romance A Werewolf Boy, which depicts two young misfits finding companionship with each other. It became the most successful Korean melodrama of all time.
Lee Je-Hoon previously appeared in the critically-acclaimed TV drama Signal, which is inspired by Bong Joon-Ho’s Memories of Murder, and it also seems reminiscent of the American film Frequency.
Thoughts? Will you see it?
Phantom Detective is set to be released in Korea on May 4th.
Additional source: CJ Entertainment