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Trailer for Upcoming Korean Film “Long Live the King” by Kang Yoon-sung

2017’s smash hit “The Outlaws” propelled its lead Ma Dong-seok into superstardom and established its debutant director Kang Yoon-sung as a talent to watch out for. While he is already signed on to direct a sequel to his debut feature, his sophomore film “Long Live the King” is set to release soon.

Synopsis

Jang Se-chool is a gangster boss. He has been in love with Kang So-hyun for the past 3 years, even though she tries to push him away. One day, in order to make him give up on her, Kang So-hyun tells him that she wants to be a first lady. Jang Se-chool is confused by her comment. Meanwhile, his friend Jung Choon-taek is a death row convict. His friends tells him that his execution date has been set. Nobody can save him except, possibly, the South Korean president. To marry Kang So-hyun and to save his friend, Jang Se-chool decides to become the president.

The film, based on Kang’s own script which adapts a popular webcomic series, stars Kim Rae-won as Jan Se-chool. This will be the third time he plays a gangster, after “Gangnam Blues” and “Sunflower”. Joining him is Won Jin-ah (“Steel Rain”, “The Age of Shadows”) as his love interest Kang So-hyun and Jin Seon-kyu (“Extreme Job”, “The Outlaws”). The film will release in South Korean cinemas in June, 2019.

About the author

Rhythm Zaveri

Hello, my name is Rhythm Zaveri. For as long as I can remember, I've been watching movies, but my introduction to Asian cinema was old rental VHS copies of Bruce Lee films and some Shaw Bros. martial arts extravaganzas. But my interest in the cinema of the region really deepened when I was at university and got access to a massive range of VHS and DVDs of classic Japanese and Chinese titles in the library, and there has been no turning back since.

An avid collector of physical media, I would say Korean cinema really is my first choice, but I'll watch anything that is south-east Asian. I started contributing to Asian Movie Pulse in 2018 to share my love for Asian cinema in the form of my writings.

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