''The Phone'' (

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of the director. It was released on October 22, 2015. This film is not to be confused with another South Korean film of similar title but released in 2002 or with the American TV series and the Dutch TV reality show both of which have the same title as this film.

Plot

A man (

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 ...

) became broken-hearted after the murder of his wife (

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). A

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anomaly allows him to talk on the telephone with his wife from the past. Can he prevent her murder?

Cast

as Ko Dong-Ho *

as Jo Yeong-Soo *

Bae Seong-woo Bae Seong-woo (born November 21, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He starred in film such as ''Confession of Murder'' (2012), '' My Love, My Bride'' (2014), ''Office'' (2015), '' The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo'' (2015) and ''Inside Men ...

as Do Jae-Hyun *

Hwang Bo-ra Hwang Bo-ra (born October 2, 1983) is a South Korean actress. Hwang made her acting debut in 2003 and became popular after she played a quirky-looking "cup noodle girl" in a ramyeon commercial. In 2007, Hwang played the daughter/narrator in bla ...

as Kim Hye-Jin *

Roh Jeong-eui Roh Jeong-eui (born July 31, 2001) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her role as Dong-i in 2016 film '' Phantom Detective'', Hong Si-a in ''18 Again'' (2020), and NJ in ''Our Beloved Summer ''Our Beloved Summer'' () is a South Kor ...

as Ko Kyung-Rim *

Jang In-sub Jang In-sub (born 24 February, 1987) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in Special Affairs Team TEN Season 2, Secret Door (TV series) and Mrs. Cop ''Mrs. Cop'' () is a 2015 Korean drama, South Korean drama se ...

as Department Head Kim * Jo Dal-Hwan as Kim Gyu-Soo * Lee Cheol-Min as Son Suk-Ho * Park Ji-So as Do Soo-Jung * Hwang Suk-Jung as Seo Kwang-Hyun * Kim Jong-Goo as Park Se-Moon * Lee Soo-In as resident * Kim Ki-Cheon as police substation chief *

Lee Sang-Hwa Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, ; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sp ...

as hunting man * Song Bong-Geun as Detective Song

Reception

The film was number-one on its opening weekend, with . By its third weekend, it had earned .

References

External links

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