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''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'', also known as ''Flower Boys' Series of Terror Events'' or simply ''Flower Boys'' (), is a
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South Korean
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comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
, and is the first film produced by SM Pictures, a subsidiary of
SM Entertainment SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean multinational entertainment agency. It is one of South Korea's largest entertainment companies where it was established in 1995 by record executive and record producer Lee Soo-man. The company ha ...
. It is also the first full-length film directed by
Lee Kwon Lee Kwon (born 25 February 1974) is a South Korean film and TV director. Filmography As film director *''Cowardly Vicious'' (short film, 2002) *'' Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'' (2007) *'' My Ordinary Love Story'' (2014) *'' Door Lock'' (2 ...
. The film stars all members of the boy band
Super Junior Super Junior (; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy band formed by Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment in 2005. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their prominent ...
, with the exception of Kyuhyun who was injured and still recovering from a car accident on 19 April 2007. The story centres around a series of attacks on popular high school students or commonly called flower boys that occurred on the 14th of each month, which started on
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. Some students — Kibum (played by
Kim Ki-bum Kim Ki-bum (born August 21, 1987), known mononymously as Kibum, is a South Korean actor and singer. He was a member of Super Junior. After the release of Super Junior's third studio album ''Sorry, Sorry'' in 2009, Kim announced his leave from ...
) and Donghae (played by
Lee Dong-hae Lee Dong-hae (born October 15, 1986), referred to as Donghae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning a prize at SM's ''Youth Best Contest'' in 2001. After four years of ...
) — decide to investigate the incidents and find the culprit, while some targeted students; Heechul (played by
Kim Hee-chul Kim Hee-chul (; born July 10, 1983), better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup Supe ...
) and Kangin (played by Kim Young-woon) try to bait the culprit into attacking them so as to raise their popularity. The film premiered on 16 July 2007 at Megabox Sinchon in
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and was released theatrically on 26 July 2007 in South Korea. It received seven nominations at the 2007 Korea Movie Star Awards.


Plot

Two Neulparan High School students, Kibum and Donghae, were talking about the recent attacks on the flower boys who attended neighbouring high schools. On
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, which fell on 14 February, Lee Sungmin from Garam High School, who is popular because of his looks, was attacked upon returning from school. He had a bag of
faeces Feces ( or faeces), known colloquially and in slang as poo and poop, are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a relati ...
being thrown at his face. On 14 March, Hangeng, a basketball star player from Geosang High School was attacked in the same manner. The most recent incident, which occurred on 14 April, had Kim Yesung, vocalist of a rock band from Nadam High School, as its victim. Kibum concluded that the next victim would be a student from their school. He decided to run an investigation on the case, since his reporting on the incidents had brought popularity to his blog. He wrote on his blog that he predicted the next victim would be either Choi Siwon, the president of the student body council, Heechul, the stylish president of the dance club, or Kangin, the captain of the
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team who became a school champion by only mastering one move, ippon seoi nage. Mainstream media finally picked up on reporting the cases, and dubbed the case as ''Attack on the Pin-up Boys'', which caused the victims' popularity to skyrocket. Sungmin became a model and signed a three-year contract with a modelling agency. Yesung became a signed artist and released a successful solo album. Seeing this, both Heechul and Kangin try to increase their popularity by uploading attractive pictures on their blogs, in hopes that the perpetrator would choose them as the next victim. On 14 May, all students were anticipating the attacks. Kibum and his classmate, Donghae, were stuck in an extra class as their class had received the lowest score among other classes. Donghae managed to sneak out in the middle of the class to carry out the investigation. The next morning, Kibum received news that Siwon claimed that he was attacked the day before. After investigating the claim, Kibum concluded that the attack was faked by Siwon himself, as the attack was carried out differently. Heechul and Kangin continued with their campaigns to be the next victim. Donghae, who was also a member of the dance club, told Heechul that he had figured out that the perpetrator will attack the victim near the garbage dumping ground between 9 and 10 pm. When Heechul went to said location, he came across Kangin. It turned out that they both had the same idea. Meanwhile, Donghae, who was tailing Kibum, called out to him and accused Kibum of being the culprit. Donghae deduced that the reason that there was no attack being carried out on 14 May is because they were held back by extra classes. Kibum admitted his fault but instead of exposing him, Donghae proposed an alternative plan. The next day, Donghae received much attention from the school students, as he had become the newest and the final victim of the serial attacks. The interest toward the case finally faded after a few months went by without a new incident. Donghae asked Kibum where he got the faeces from but Kibum refused to answer.


Cast

The cast are as follows: *
Kim Ki-bum Kim Ki-bum (born August 21, 1987), known mononymously as Kibum, is a South Korean actor and singer. He was a member of Super Junior. After the release of Super Junior's third studio album ''Sorry, Sorry'' in 2009, Kim announced his leave from ...
of
Super Junior Super Junior (; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy band formed by Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment in 2005. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their prominent ...
as Kibum, a student of Neulparan High School, the narrator and an amateur detective *
Choi Si-won Choi Si-won (; born 7 April 1986), known mononymously as Siwon, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, model, and actor known for his work as a member of South Korean boy group Super Junior. Choi committed as special representative of UNICEF K ...
of Super Junior as Siwon, the president of the student body council * Kim Young-woon of Super Junior as Kangin, the captain of the
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team *
Kim Hee-chul Kim Hee-chul (; born July 10, 1983), better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup Supe ...
of Super Junior as Heechul, the president of the dance club; the ''Ultra Junior'' *
Lee Donghae Lee Dong-hae (born October 15, 1986), referred to as Donghae, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning a prize at SM's ''Youth Best Contest'' in 2001. After four years of ...
of Super Junior as Donghae, a member of the dance club, and Kibum's best friend *
Kim Ryeo-wook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M. ...
of Super Junior as Kim Ryeowook, the vice president of the student body council *
Lee Hyuk-jae Lee Hyuk-jae (; born on July 5, 1973) is a South Korean comedian. Filmography Television shows * ''Road Show Quiz Expedition'' (KBS2 The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) () is the national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in February 1 ...
of Super Junior as Eunhyuk, a member of the judo team * Shin Dong-hee of Super Junior as Shindong, a member of the dance club * Park Jeong-su of Super Junior as the School Panda mascot * Lee Sung-min of Super Junior as Sungmin, a student from Garam High School *
Han Geng Han Geng (Chinese: 韩庚; Pinyin: Hán Gēng; ) (born February 9, 1984) is a Chinese Mandopop singer and actor. He started his career in 2001, when he was chosen by S.M. Entertainment to become a member of South Korean boy band Super Junior, ...
of Super Junior as Hangeng, a student from Geosang High School and a basketball player * Kim Jong-woon of Super Junior as Kim Yesung, a student from Nadam High School and a rock band vocalist * Kwon Byung-gil as the
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*
Jung In-gi Jung In-gi (born September 12, 1966) is a South Korean actor. Jung made his acting debut in 1990, and has remained active in mainstream and independent film as well as television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunic ...
as the coach of the judo team * Kim Mi-ya as a female teacher * Kim Seok-joo as a betting teacher * Jo Mun-ui as a doctor * Choi In-sook as narrator *
Kwon Yuri Kwon Yu-ri (; born December 5, 1989), better known by her mononym Yuri, is a South Korean singer, actress and songwriter. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation (and later its subgroup Girls' Generation-Oh!GG) in August 2007, w ...
of
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as a
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Cameo appearances

*
Suho Kim Jun-myeon (; born May 22, 1991), better known by his stage name Suho (, meaning "guardian"), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is the leader and lead vocalist of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo and its sub-unit Exo-K ...
of
EXO Exo ( ko, 엑소; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean-Chinese boy band based in Seoul formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. The group consists of nine members: Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai ...
as a member of Yesung's band *
Henry Lau Henry Lau (; ko, 헨리; born October 11, 1989), often mononymously referred to as Henry, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor based in South Korea and China. He debuted in 2008 as a member of Super Junior-M ...
of
Super Junior-M Super Junior-M (stylized as SJ-M), an initialism for Super Junior-Mandarin, is a Chinese sub-unit of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. The sub-unit is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both ...
– sleepy boy, background dancer during "Wonder Boy" *
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of
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– background dancer during "Wonder Boy"


Production


Development and pre-production

The film was planned as early as 2005 by the
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of the entertainment company,
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;
Lee Soo-man Lee Soo-man (, born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul. He has also been referred ...
. In 2007, SM Entertainment acquired Bitwin, a South Korean
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production and distribution company. After becoming a subsidiary of SM Entertainment, the company changed its name to SM Pictures after a shareholder meeting on 16 March 2007. On 11 May 2007, SM Pictures announced that it will venture into film production by producing its first film, ''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'', with Pollux Pictures as its co-producer. On 29 June 2007, it was revealed that Cheongarahm, a film production company which had produced hit-movies such as '' The Host'' will be distributing the film. The new production company also revealed that the film will be directed by
Lee Kwon Lee Kwon (born 25 February 1974) is a South Korean film and TV director. Filmography As film director *''Cowardly Vicious'' (short film, 2002) *'' Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'' (2007) *'' My Ordinary Love Story'' (2014) *'' Door Lock'' (2 ...
, with members of the boy band
Super Junior Super Junior (; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy band formed by Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment in 2005. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their prominent ...
as the main cast. Park Jeong-su of Super Junior, or his stage name,
Leeteuk Park Jeong-su (born July 1, 1983), known professionally as Leeteuk (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, radio personality and actor. He debuted as the leader of the boy band Super Junior in November 2005 and since then has part ...
, was originally cast as the president of the school dance club, but since he was involved in a car accident on 19 April 2007, that left him and band-mate Kyuhyun injured, his place was taken by band-mate
Kim Hee-chul Kim Hee-chul (; born July 10, 1983), better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup Supe ...
. Kim Hee-chul's original role as the first victim of the serial attacks in the film was replaced by band-mate Lee Sung-min. Kyuhyun who received the most injury from the accident; right rib
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,
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, pelvic bone fracture,
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, and foot fracture, ultimately did not participate in the filming to focus on recovering. Kyuhyun's original role as the basketball player from Geosang High School was taken by band-mate,
Han Geng Han Geng (Chinese: 韩庚; Pinyin: Hán Gēng; ) (born February 9, 1984) is a Chinese Mandopop singer and actor. He started his career in 2001, when he was chosen by S.M. Entertainment to become a member of South Korean boy band Super Junior, ...
.
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started in April 2007 and was completed in fifty days, with the film being set to hit the cinema during school's
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. The estimated cost of the film's production is between
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850 million to ₩900 million, which was about one third of the average cost of other Korean movies.


Theme

CEO of SM Entertainment,
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stated that the film is not an
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film; a film that are geared towards the fans of the idol who acted in the film, such as H.O.T.'s ''Age of Peace'' or
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' ''Seventeen'', but a
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that can be enjoyed by everyone. ''Star News'', a Korean entertainment news website, noted that the film is full of references to the
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, such as obsession with blog views and being popular. The film is officially a
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-
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, but the marketing team used the term "high school mystery comic" to describe the film's genre. However, some of the audience interpreted ''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'' as a "
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" film, as there is a scene where Siwon shot a laser beam towards Ryeowook using his hand.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film, "Wonder Boy" was sung by Super Junior and its music video was released on 10 July 2007, ahead of the film's premiere. The soundtrack album was released on 26 July 2007 and contain ten tracks altogether. Other songs that were released in the soundtrack album are "Show and Prove" sung by Dead'P, "Are You Ready?" sung by
Yesung Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality and television presenter. He debuted in 2005 as a member of Super Junior and its subgroup ...
and "Rock the Floor" sung by Marco. Search for 꽃미남연쇄테러사건OST as the album title The film's score was composed by a new composer,
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, and it was his first experience in producing a film score.


Release


Marketing

The film's poster was revealed on 28 June 2007. The poster depicted all twelve main cast, making a record of having the most protagonist being depicted on a Korean movie poster at that time. The poster received criticism and was accused of plagiarizing the cover of Beastie Boys Video Anthology, a video clips compilation DVD of an American hip hop group,
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. However, both images were noted to share similarities with the poster of the American historical film, Ben-Hur. The film's trailer was revealed at the
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Summer Concert which was held at
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on 30 June and 1 July 2007. As soon as the trailer was released, it quickly rose to number one search term ranking in Korean
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. The main cast; members of the boy band
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, held many stage greetings to promote their film, and became the largest event of its kind. Unlike other Korean films which held stage greetings only on its
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, the cast targeted to go to at least a hundred theaters in eleven days to greet the audience. Because of the time constraint and tight schedule, the actors use a strategy that roughly translated to "being all over the place like Hong Gil-dong" and went to multiple greetings in smaller groups, with three to four actors in a group. As of 2 August 2007, the cast had come to 86 movie theaters and carried out about 190 stage greetings.


Premiere and theatrical release

''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'' held its premiere on the evening of 16 July 2007 at Sinchon Megabox in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
, South Korea. The event was held for media person and general public, and was attended by about a hundred journalist and fans. The film also received an invitation from the 2007
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and was screened there on 20 July 2007, ahead of its theatrical release. It was released theatrically in South Korea on 26 July 2007, alongside ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' The Hitcher''. It was rated for 12 years old and above on its release. The film was aired in a small scale, only airing on a total of 95 screens in South Korea, compared to ''May 18'', which was aired on 551 screens. In 2013, six years after the film's release, it received an invitation for a screening at the 6th KT&G Sangsangmadang Cinema Music Film Festival in idol category.


Home media

The film was released on
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format on 20 September 2007. It features bonus clips; the
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documentaries and the film's soundtrack, "Wonder Boy" music video. It also came with posters and photocards of the actors, with their autographs written on the back of the cards. Subtitles in both Korean and English are provided in the home release.


Reception


Box office and home release

''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'' grossed a total of US$631,034 in South Korea. It did better than expected in box office sales on its premiere week. The pre-sales of the online tickets surpassed expectation and reached 41.19% purchase rate, thus taking the first place in ticket pre-sales of its opening weekend. Despite the unexpected success in the box office of the film's premiere week, the film has failed to attract no more than 102,600 viewers at the end of August 2007. Throughout the rest of its screening, the film failed to attract more viewers, only recording a total of 110,905 nationwide admittance, thus resulting the film to become a big loss for SM Pictures. SM Pictures were later closed without any success. However, the film's home media released in
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format became a best seller and was sold-out in both Korea and oversea markets, selling 14,000 units as of March 2008.


Critical response

The film received mixed reviews from critics. ''
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'', a South Korean newspaper said that despite the film being directed by a new director and cast new actors, it praised the film's simple plot, commenting it as light-hearted. The newspaper also praised the casts' performance, saying it was "flawless". However, ''Kukmin Ilbo'' also criticised the amount of swear words used in the film, and stated that it might not be enjoyable to be watched by everyone. ''
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'' praised the performance of
Kim Ryeo-wook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M. ...
as a new actor. The newspaper also said that the
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-like characters and experimental production brought the film to life but it has an awkward ending, saying "The intention was to point out the evils of the internet, but it was too hard to relate". Edaily, a Korean news website, concluded that the film is "fun" and praised the good actings of the cast. The website further said that the film highlighted the reality in Korean
educational institution An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments an ...
where only students who excel in their study were recognised but students who excel in other co-curricular activities were sidelined.


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* {{Super Junior discography 2007 films South Korean high school films South Korean comedy mystery films South Korean teen comedy films 2000s high school films Chungeorahm Films films 2000s Korean-language films Super Junior Films directed by Lee Kwon 2007 comedy films 2000s South Korean films