''High Society'' is a 2018 South Korean

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directed by

Byun Hyuk Byun Hyuk (born January 1, 1966), also known as Daniel H. Byun, is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He graduated from La Fémis in 1997. Best known for his working on his film debut ''Interview'' (2000) using the Dogme 95 movement, ...

. It stars

Park Hae-il Park Hae-il (born 26 January 1977) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, but soon gained the film industry's attention in 2003 with ''Jealousy Is My Middle Name'' and ''Memories of Murder''. Park's film career took off, ...

and

Soo Ae Park Soo-ae (; born 16 September 1979), known mononymously as Soo Ae, is a South Korean actress best known for portraying Kim In-hae in the 2013 film ''The Flu'' and Oh Soo-yeon in the 2018 film ''High Society''. Soo Ae began her career on telev ...

. The film was released in South Korea on August 29, 2018.

Plot

The story of a married couple who is at the upper end of the social ladder. The husband is a professor at the Seoul National University who is running for the National Assembly, and his wife is the deputy director of and a curator at a big art gallery.

Cast

as Jang Tae-joon *

as Oh Soo-yeon * Yoon Je-moon as Han Yong-suk *

Ra Mi-ran Ra Mi-ran (born March 6, 1975) is a South Korean actress and television personality. Career Before making her film debut in '' Lady Vengeance'' (2005), Ra Mi-ran spent years acting in theatre. Afterwards, she appeared in more than 40 films but d ...

as Lee Hwa-ran *

Lee Jin-wook Lee Jin-wook ( Korean: 이진욱; born September 16, 1981) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading role in the romance series ''Glass Castle'', the time-traveling series '' Nine'' (2013), romance series ''The Time We Were Not i ...

as Shin Ji-ho * Han Joo-young * Kim Kyu-sun * Park Joo-hee as Reporter Yoon * Park Sung-hoon *

Kim Kang-woo Kim Kang-woo (born July 11, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known from his roles in ''The Taste of Money'' and '' The Missing''. Career Kim Kang-woo majored in Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. In early, Kim work as singer in 1 ...

(special appearance) as Baek Kwang-hyun *

Lee Hong-nae Lee Hong-nae (; born January 28, 1990) is a South Korean actor. Early life Lee was born and raised in Yangsan, Gyeongsang-do, where he completed his elementary, middle school and high school. During his high school years, he worked part-time ...

as an Intern. * Mao Hamasaki as Minami Oshima.

Production

Principal photography began on November 1, 2017. Production ended on January 11, 2018.

Reception

The film was released on August 29, 2018 in South Korea, showing at 867 screens across the country. During its opening day, the film finished second, trailing behind '' On Your Wedding Day'' by attracting 131,802 moviegoers with gross. It became the domestic R-rated film with the biggest opening day for 2018. However, the film dropped to third place during the weekend, finishing behind ''On Your Wedding Day'' and new release of the week ''

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'' by attracting 291,228 moviegoers with gross. It suffered a 72.5% gross drop during its second weekend, finished at fourth place with from 85,522 attendance. As of September 10, 2018, the film attracted 766,031 total admission with gross.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, tt8865580
''High Society''
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