The Stone (2013 film)

The Stone
The Stone
	Film poster
Directed by
Written by	Cho Se-rae
Produced by	Jo Hyun-woo
Starring	Cho Dong-in; Kim Roi-ha; Park Won-sang
Cinematography	Ha Kyung-ho
Edited by	Uhm Jin-hwa
Music by	Noh Hyeong-woo
Production; company	Shine Picture
Distributed by	Cinus Entertainment
Release dates	August 2013 (Locarno); June 12, 2014 (South Korea);
Running time	119 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

The Stone (Korean: 스톤; RR: Deo Seu-ton) is a 2013 South Korean film written and directed by . It premiered at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot[]

Min-su is a graduate of the Korean Baduk Academy but despite his outstanding talent, he has been wasting his days as a gambler without pursuing a real career out of it. He chooses to play the game for money, easily beating every opponent that comes his way. Nam-hae is a middle-aged, smalltime gangster boss, brought up on the streets and used to using his fists to gain authority. After accidentally meeting, playing and losing to Min-su in a gambling club, while his goons were collecting the monthly installment of protection money, his taste for the ancient game is rekindled and he hires the boy to become his private instructor.

As he goes deeper into the baduk experience, Nam-hae begins reviewing his own past in the perspective of the rules and requirements of the game and begins to lose interest in the criminal world, becoming far more concerned with the future of his tutor, whom he encourages to face the challenge of a pro tournament and carve a legitimate future for himself. The fatherless young Min-su, on the other hand, discovers the coarse masculine underworld, the meaning of life and true victory through Nam-hae. However, when Nam-hae's competition starts to expand their territory, he is forced into a path to destruction.^[4]^[5]

Cast[]

Cho Dong-in as Min-su
Kim Roi-ha as Nam-hae
Park Won-sang as In-geol
Myung Gye-nam
Park Min-gyu
Son Jong-hak
Kim Dong-gon
Jo Ji-hwan
Heo Joon-seok
Choi Jeong-hyeon
Il Soo-pa
So Hee-jeong

References[]

^ Conran, Pierce (18 July 2013). "HONG Sangsoo's OUR SUNHI Invited to Locarno Competition; Will Be Joined by THE STONE and JEONJU DIGITAL PROJECT 2013 in Swiss Fest Line-up". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
^ Conran, Pierce (22 November 2013). "HAN GONG-JU to Compete in Marrakech; THE STONE Screens Out of Competition". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
^ Tae, Sang-joon (18 June 2014). "THE STONE Invited to Fukuoka Asian Film Festival". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
^ Fainaru, Dan (14 August 2013). "The Stone". Screen International. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
^ McEnteggart, Simon (8 October 2013). "BIFF 2013: The Stone (스톤) – 5/10". Hanguk Yeonghwa. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

External links[]

Official website (in Korean)
The Stone at the Korean Movie Database
The Stone at HanCinema

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[1] Conran, Pierce (18 July 2013). "HONG Sangsoo's OUR SUNHI Invited to Locarno Competition; Will Be Joined by THE STONE and JEONJU DIGITAL PROJECT 2013 in Swiss Fest Line-up". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

[2] Conran, Pierce (22 November 2013). "HAN GONG-JU to Compete in Marrakech; THE STONE Screens Out of Competition". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

[3] Tae, Sang-joon (18 June 2014). "THE STONE Invited to Fukuoka Asian Film Festival". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-06-20.

[4] Fainaru, Dan (14 August 2013). "The Stone". Screen International. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

[5] McEnteggart, Simon (8 October 2013). "BIFF 2013: The Stone (스톤) – 5/10". Hanguk Yeonghwa. Retrieved 2014-05-29.

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