Korean Movie Night: Secretly, Greatly
VIEW EVENT DETAILSKorean Movie Night New York
Co-presented by Korean Cultural Service NY and Asia Society
Part of Korean Movie Night New York’s Webtoon Comes to the Big Screen series (Sep. 9 - Oct. 20, 2015)
New York Premiere
Secretly, Greatly
(은밀하게 위대하게 eun-mil-ha-gae, wi-dae-ha-gae)
Directed by Jang Cheol-soo Starring: Kim Soo-hyun, Park Gi-woong, Lee Hyun-woo
2013. South Korea. 127 min. Digital. In Korean with English subtitles.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 6:30 PM
The Centerpiece Presentation of the 12th New York Asian Film Festival and one of the most popular Korean Movie Night New York films, Secretly, Greatly is based on artist Hun’s widely popular webtoon Covertness. This film broke several box office records and is the most successful Korean webtoon adaptation to date with 7 million movie theater admissions. This action comedy-drama follows the fortunes of a group of elite North Korean spies, trained since youth, who have been dispatched to South Korea. They assume various undercover identities, including a village idiot, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Heartthrob Kim So-hyun plays Won Ryu-hwan, a highly accomplished North Korean agent, whose cover is that of the village idiot. A sequel to the original Covertness webtoon is currently running on the Daum portal.
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Korean Movie Night New York is an ongoing, approximately twice-a-month film program that introduces the full spectrum of contemporary and classic Korean cinema to New York audiences, from popular blockbusters, independent films, and documentaries to animation and family movies.