''The Devil's Game'' (; lit. "The Game") is a
2008 South Korean film.
Plot
Struggling artist Min Hee-do (
Shin Ha-kyun), is offered three billion
won to bet his life to a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik (
Byun Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong (born Byun In-chul; June 8, 1942) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Byun In-chul was born in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province, and attended Salesian High School in Gwangju. He took up law at Chosun University before droppin ...
), who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. He loses the bet, and after a monthlong brain operation, he wakes up to find that they have
swapped bodies.
Cast
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Shin Ha-kyun ... Min Hee-do
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Byun Hee-bong
Byun Hee-bong (born Byun In-chul; June 8, 1942) is a South Korean actor.
Career
Byun In-chul was born in Jangseong County, South Jeolla Province, and attended Salesian High School in Gwangju. He took up law at Chosun University before droppin ...
... Kang No-sik
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Lee Hye-young ... Lee Hye-rin, No-sik's wife
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Son Hyun-joo
Son Hyun-joo (born June 24, 1965) is a South Korean actor. Since 1991, he has starred in numerous television series and films, such as ''First Love'' (1996), ''To Be With You'' (2002), ''My Rosy Life'' (2005), '' Tazza'' (2008), '' My Too Perfec ...
... Min Tae-seok, Hee-do's uncle
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Lee Eun-sung
Lee Eun-sung (Hangul: 이은성; born August 8, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the youth drama ''Sharp'', followed by roles in the Korean drama, television series ''Evasive Inquiry Agency'' (2007), and the films ''D ...
... Joo Eun-ah, Hee-do's girlfriend
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Jang Hang-sun
Jang Hang-sun (born Kim Bong-soo on February 22, 1947) is a South Korean actor.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Awards and nominations
References
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1947 births
Living people
20th-century S ...
... Park Chang-ha
* Kim Hyeok ... Secretary Mr. Ahn
* Choo Sang-rok ... Dr. Kim
* Maeng Bong-hak ... Trustee Mr. Yoon
* Jo Cheong-ho ... President Kim
Release
''The Devil's Game'' was released in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
on 31 January 2008,
[Box-Office Admission Results]
(2008). ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved on 29 November 2008. and
topped the box office on its opening weekend with 361,650 admissions. As of 31 March 2008 it had received a total of 1,496,215 admissions,
and as of 16 March 2008 grossed a toal of .
South Korea Box Office March 14–16, 2008
. ''Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon.
History
Brandon Gray began ...
''. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
References
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2008 films
2000s Korean-language films
South Korean thriller films
2000s South Korean films
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