The Phone (film)

The Phone (NYE POORA)
The Phone (NYE POORA)
	Poster
Korean name
Hangul	더 폰
Revised Romanization	Deo Pon
McCune–Reischauer	Tŏ p'on
Directed by	Kim Bong-ju
Starring	Son Hyun-joo
Distributed by	Next Entertainment World
Release date	October 22, 2015;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$ 1.4 million USD

The Phone (Korean: 더 폰) is a 2015 South Korean action thriller film^[4]^[5] directed by Kim Bong-ju. The film is the directorial debut of the director.^[1] It was released on October 22, 2015.^[2] This film is not to be confused with another South Korean film of similar title but released in 2002 or with the American TV series and the Dutch TV reality show both of which have the same title as this film.

Plot

A man (Son Hyun-joo) became broken-hearted after the murder of his wife (Uhm Ji-won). A magnetic field anomaly allows him to talk on the telephone with his wife from the past. Can he prevent her murder?

Cast

Son Hyun-joo as Ko Dong-Ho
Uhm Ji-won as Jo Yeong-Soo
Bae Seong-woo as Do Jae-Hyun
Hwang Bo-ra as Kim Hye-Jin
Roh Jeong-eui as Ko Kyung-Rim
Jang In-sub as Department Head Kim
Jo Dal-Hwan as Kim Gyu-Soo
Lee Cheol-Min as Son Suk-Ho
Park Ji-So as Do Soo-Jung
Hwang Suk-Jung as Seo Kwang-Hyun
Kim Jong-Goo as Park Se-Moon
Lee Soo-In as resident
Kim Ki-Cheon as police substation chief
Lee Sang-Hwa as hunting man
Song Bong-Geun as Detective Song

Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with ₩5.78 billion.^[1] By its third weekend, it had earned ₩12.1 billion.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kevin Ma (October 26, 2015). "The Phone rings up South Korea box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "The Phone (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Kevin Ma (November 10, 2015). "The Priests possesses South Korean cinemas". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
^ The Phone: Daum Movies
^ The Phone: Naver movies

External links

Deo Pon at IMDb
The Phone (2015) at HanCinema

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[Ma-1] Kevin Ma (October 26, 2015). "The Phone rings up South Korea box office". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

[Hancinema-2] "The Phone (Movie - 2015)". HanCinema. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

[Ma2-3] Kevin Ma (November 10, 2015). "The Priests possesses South Korean cinemas". Film Business Asia. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

[4] The Phone: Daum Movies

[5] The Phone: Naver movies

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