High Society is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Byun Hyuk. It stars Park Hae-il and Soo Ae.[3] The film was released in South Korea on August 29, 2018.[4]
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| Hangul | 상류사회 |
| Revised Romanization | Sangnyu Sahoe |
| Directed by | Byun Hyuk[1] |
| Written by | Byun Hyuk |
| Produced by | Kim Chul-yong |
| Starring | Park Hae-il Soo Ae |
| Cinematography | Park Se-seung |
| Edited by | Kim Seo-hee |
| Music by | Jang Young-kyu |
Production company | Hive Media Corp. |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment (South Korea) Netflix (international) |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$5.6 million[2] |
Plot
editThe story of a married couple who is at the upper end of the social ladder. The husband is a professor at the Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is the deputy director of and a curator at a big art gallery.[5][6]
Cast
edit- Park Hae-il[7] as Jang Tae-joon
- Soo Ae as Oh Soo-yeon
- Yoon Je-moon[8] as Han Yong-suk
- Ra Mi-ran[9] as Lee Hwa-ran
- Lee Jin-wook[10] as Shin Ji-ho
- Han Joo-young
- Kim Kyu-sun
- Park Joo-hee as Reporter Yoon
- Park Sung-hoon
- Kim Kang-woo (special appearance) as Baek Kwang-hyun
- Lee Hong-nae as an Intern.
- Mao Hamasaki as Minami Oshima.[11]
Production
editPrincipal photography began on November 1, 2017. Production ended on January 11, 2018.[12]
Reception
editThe film was released on August 29, 2018 in South Korea, showing at 867 screens across the country. During its opening day, the film finished second, trailing behind On Your Wedding Day by attracting 131,802 moviegoers with US$775,270 gross. It became the domestic R-rated film with the biggest opening day for 2018.[13] However, the film dropped to third place during the weekend, finishing behind On Your Wedding Day and new release of the week Searching by attracting 291,228 moviegoers with US$2.4 million gross.[14] It suffered a 72.5% gross drop during its second weekend, finished at fourth place with US$643,039 from 85,522 attendance.[15][16]
As of September 10, 2018, the film attracted 766,031 total admission with US$5.6 million gross.[2]
