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“The Map Against the World” Korean Movie Trailer

The Map Against the World

CJ Entertainment just released the trailer for ““. The historical film is based on the true story of geographer and cartographer, .

The story begins with an incorrect map which lead to the death of Kim Jeong-ho's father. This inspires him to go across the country and make his own block map of Korea. He sets to create a map for the common people rather than just for royalty. He made the ““, also known as “The Great Map of the East Land“. It is the first large-scale map of Korea. Published in 1861, it was Kim Jeong-ho's gift to the people.

“The Map Against the World” the Movie

The film stars Korean actor Cha Seung-Won who plays the role of Kim Jeong-Ho. His co-stars also include  Yu Jun-Sang and Nam Ji-Hyun. The veteran filmmaker  directed the movie. This is his twentieth movie but the first one to be a historical film. He also directed Two Cops, Mister Mama and  Fists of Legend among others.

Park Bum-Shin's novel “” is the inspiration for the movie. Gosanja means “man of the old mountain” which is also the pen name for Kim Jeong-Ho. The movie will open in Korea and select US theaters on September 9th.

Source: First Showing

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