Hitman: Agent Jun

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Hitman: Agent Jun
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Theatrical release poster
Hangul히트맨
Revised RomanizationHiteumaen
Directed byChoi Won-sub
Written by
  • Choi Won-sub
  • Shin Joong-ryul
Produced by
  • Gu Tae-jin
  • Jang You-joung
Starring
CinematographyPark Se-seung
Edited byKim Chang-joo
Music byPark Gi-heon
Production
company
Berry Good Studio
Distributed byLotte Cultureworks
Release date
  • January 22, 2020 (2020-01-22)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩9 billion[1]
(~US$7.3 million)
Box office$16,814,256[2]

Hitman: Agent Jun (Korean: 히트맨; RR: Hiteumaen; lit. Hitman) is a 2020 South Korean action comedy film directed by Choi Won-sub, starring Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Joon-ho, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Lee Yi-kyung and Lee Ji-won. It was released on January 22, 2020.[3][4]

Plot[]

Secret agent Jun fakes his death to pursue his dream of becoming a webtoon artist. He keeps failing at comics until he starts writing and drawing about his former job, which draws the national intelligence agency to him.

Jun, who lost his parents from birth and lived as an orphan. The only talent he had was his excellent fighting skills and excellent drawing skills that even older middle school students could easily control. Then, one day, a man came to see Jun, and he followed the man and later became an agent of the National Intelligence Service who took the title of 'Elite Assassin'. However, his passion for cartoons still remained, to the point where he drew pictures in his spare time while doing his duty. However, as if drawing occasionally was not enough to achieve his true goal, Jun jumped out of a helicopter on a stormy night and disguised himself as if he had been in an accident, and the NIS, who does not know this, believes that he is really dead.

15 years later, Jun started a family and became a cartoonist the way he wanted to, but his dream and reality were different. His serialized comics were full of malicious comments because they weren't fun, and he was scolded by the editor for being late due to a slump. As a result, his actual livelihood was being subsidized by working hard at the construction site as a side job. Slowly getting sick of this situation, he does things he shouldn't have done. He drew a cartoon about his life as an agent while drunk, and the cartoon became a huge hit with the number 1 view. In the eyes of others, it was a very happy moment to finally escape from obscurity, but to Jun, it was a big advertisement of a top-level national secret, so the situation started to burn.

As expected, the comic book, which was a huge hit, caused anger. Jun's difficult but peaceful daily life is put to a halt as NIS agents find out that he is alive and terrorists are also entangled.

Cast[]

Main[]

Supporting[]

Special appearances[]

  • Kim Hee-min as situation room NIS agent
  • Choi Yo-han as PC bang boss
  • Han Chul-woo as helicopter pilot
  • Lee Sang-won as Seong-tae
  • Kim Gil-dong as Jason's subordinate
  • Bae Jin-woong as Jason's subordinate
  • Kim Seon-hyeok as NIS informant
  • Park Doo-shik as Simon
  • Kim Poong as himself
  • Hwang Byung-gook as orphange director

Production[]

Principal photography began on May 21, 2019 and filming ended on September 11, 2019.[5]

Reception[]

The film surpassed 1 million moviegoers five days after its release.[6]

As of May 19, 2020, the film has reached 2,406,232 total admissions grossing $16,814,256 in revenue.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ 설 연휴 한국 영화 삼파전…코미디 vs 정치 드라마. MK (in Korean). May 19, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hitman: Agent Jun (2020)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Kwak, Yeon-soo (January 19, 2020). "Action comedy 'Hitman' is contender for genre-confused film". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Kim, Bo-ra (January 22, 2020). '히트맨', 관객이 뽑은 2020년 설 최고의 기대작 등극. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Jung, Kyu-jin (January 19, 2020). 권상우 매력 충만한 '히트맨', '코믹·액션' 불씨 되살릴까. Oh My News (in Korean). Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Cho, Yeon-kyung (January 26, 2020). [공식] "감사합니다"…'히트맨' 100만 돌파, 단체 인증샷(feat.만물가방). JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

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