The Stone (Korean: 스톤; RR: Seu-ton) is a 2013 South Korean film written and directed by Cho Se-rae. It premiered at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival.[1][2][3]
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| Directed by | Cho Se-rae |
| 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 |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Plot
editMin-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
edit- 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-jung
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- The Stone at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- The Stone at HanCinema
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