Apart from a couple cameos in “Hostage: Missing Celebrity” and “Hunt”, actor Ju Ji-hoon has mostly been absent from the big screen since “Dark Figure of Crime” in 2018. That is finally set to change as he is due to star alongside Park Sung-woong in director Kim Kyeong-won's upcoming “Gentleman”.
Synopsis
Hyeon-soo, a CEO of a private detective agency, visits a pension with a client asking for her dog. While waiting outside of pension, he is falsely accused of kidnapping the client. During the arrest Hyeon-soo, a serious car accident occurs and people misunderstand Hyeon-soo as a prosecutor instead of a suspect. To find the real criminal, Hyeon-soo pretends to be a prosecutor. Hwa-jin, an elite prosecutor but demoted to the provinces while trying to catch a law firm conglomerate Do-hoon, meets Hyeon-soo. Hwa-jin finds out this case is related to Do-hoon, and she begins cooperating with Hyeon-soo. While cooperating, they realize that there is a hidden truth behind the crime.
In addition to Ju Ji-hoon and Park Sung-woong, the director's sophomore feature also stars Choi Sung-eun (“Start-up”) and Kang Hong-suk (“Miss and Mrs. Cops”). It is scheduled for release in South Korea on 28th December, 2022.
