'Namsan Department Heads' and'Seoul Spring'In between'Happiness Land' restarted heart rate challenge (Roundup)

Aug 12, 2024

'Namsan Department Heads' and'Seoul Spring'In between'Happiness Land' restarted heart rate challenge (Roundup)



What is a country of happiness in the era of barbarism. The cry of the blood-boiling people against absolute power knocked on the door hotter and more intensely at the height of the summer heat.

The political human film 『The Land of Happiness』 (directed by Choo Chang-min, produced by Papas Film·Oscar 10 Studio) will visit the audience on the 14th, a day before Liberation Day, about a secretary who was involved in the assassination of the president and a lawyer who entered the worst political trial in Korea by defending him.

'Namsan Department Heads' and'Seoul Spring'In between'Happiness Land' restarted heart rate challenge (Roundup)
The factional drama 'Land of Happiness', a film adaptation of the true story of Army Colonel Park Heung-joo, who led the assassination of former President Park Chung-hee on Oct. 26, 1979, and the trial lawyers, including lawyer Tae Yoon-ki, who defended him, threw his hat into the ring this summer, starting with 'Escape: Project Silence' (hereinafter 'Escape', directed by Kim Tae-gon), is the fourth summer masterpiece after 'pilot' (directed by Kim Han-kyul) 'Revolver' (directed by Oh Seung-wook), and the last film by the late Lee Sun-kyun.



Even in the theater district facing the worst crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic 'Namsan's managers'(20, directed by Woo Min-ho) who led the theater to 4.75 million viewers and 'Seoul's spring(23, directed by Kim Seong-soo) who made the theater survive by mobilizing 13.12 million viewers in Chungmuro, which was in danger of dying. Both made mega-hit stories dealing with the modern history of political turmoil in the 70s and 80s, 'Namsan's managers' and 'Seoul's spring' which brought up the story of Army Colonel Park Heung-joo, who was unknown in the world that occurred between the.

'Namsan Department Heads' and'Seoul Spring'In between'Happiness Land' restarted heart rate challenge (Roundup)
The nation of happiness, unveiled for the first time in Korea through the premiere, adds the weight of the true story and the cinematic imagination based on it, making the audience angry, emotional, and fluctuate their inner waves.



The 'land of happiness', which consists of a trial on the assassination of the president on October 26, draws attention by transferring the historical facts called the 'Paper Trial', in which a note was secretly delivered to the court several times during the actual trial. It is also fresh that the trial of barbarism, which was stigmatized as a `swift trial' was also vividly captured based on historical evidence as the final sentence was issued to Colonel Park Heung-joo, who applied a single-trial system because he was the only soldier.

Although the subject matter is located, perfect and perfect performance consisting of Cho Jung-seok, Lee Sun-kyun, and Yoo Jae-myung is also one of the virtues of 'land of happiness'. In particular, Cho Jung-seok, who plays Jeong In-hoo, a lawyer who entered the worst political trial in the history of the Republic of Korea, transforms from an early Kwon Mo-sul-like attitude into an evolutionary character who grows and awakens by meeting Park Tae-joo (Lee Sun-kyun), leading the whole 'land of happiness'. Although he is a fictitious person who enriched about 20 lawyers who participated in the trial, including lawyer Tae Yoon-ki, he meets Cho Jung-seok, who is a master of acting in life, and walks through the movie in a more realistic reality than in reality. The point where Cho Jung-seok, who demonstrated ticket power by leading 3 million viewers at once with the comic one-man show 'pilot', changes a new face without leaving a laugh of 'pilot' and unleashes active volcano-like enthusiasm adds to the audience's taste.



Lee Sun-kyun's calm voice, which said goodbye to the audience through 'escape' followed by 'the land of happiness', also agitates the mind. Lee Sun-kyun, who is in front of the audience with his conviction and rigidity, as opposed to the fiery Cho Jung-seok. It perfectly expressed the toughness of Army Colonel Park Heung-ju, who had to obey orders as a soldier. Director Choo Chang-min's desperate heart, who expressed disappointment toward Lee Sun-kyun, saying, `How good an actor has been lost.' is full of the ending of the movie.

In addition, Yoo Jae-myung's drastic transformation, which causes anger with the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jeon Sang-du, who controls the outcome by eavesdropping on the trial in a closed room, is also the driving force behind the audience's 'Heartbeat'. Although he is not as leading the entire movie as Chun Doo-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) in the movie "Spring of Seoul", he reveals his presence as Jeon Sang-du, who is at the opposite point with Jeong In-hoo and Park Tae-joo. Yoo Jae-myung penetrates the "land of happiness" in the form of an eerie Chun Doo-hwan, who showed no different claws from Hwang Jung-min, who was definitely a lunatic.

'Namsan Department Heads' and'Seoul Spring'In between'Happiness Land' restarted heart rate challenge (Roundup)
'Land of Happiness' is a great summer work that will provide enough fun for the audience at the point where the story is between the managers of Namsan and the spring of Seoul' However, it may be regrettable for the audience who wanted dopamine because it feels somewhat calmer than 'Seoul Spring', which raised the audience's heart rate to the highest level with one absolute evil madness. Nevertheless, 'Land of Happiness' is a work that has the virtue of stories that have not been revealed to the world and the calm chemistry of actors, and it is expected that it will be a heavy finale this summer.

Meanwhile, 'Land of Happiness' will be released on the 14th.



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