"Those who want to save, those who obey orders" Cho Jung-seok → the late Lee Sun-kyun "Happinessland", 13 people's relationship map

Aug 01, 2024

'Those who want to save, those who obey orders' Cho Jung-seok → the late Lee Sun-kyun 'Happinessland', 13 people's relationship map
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The movie 'Land of Happiness' unveiled a relationship diagram explaining the relationship of people involved in Korea's worst political trial.

The disclosed 'Land of Happiness' person relationship map consists of lawyers who are in charge of the trial of the Oct. 26 presidential assassination, people who are on trial for their involvement in the assassination, those in power who control the trial in real time by sending a note to the court in a closed room, and people around them.

First of all, the lawyers are composed of lawyers Jeong In-hoo (Cho Jung-seok), who entered the trial to save Park Tae-joo (Lee Sun-kyun), the secretary for the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Lee Man-sik (Woo Hyun), the representative of the lawyers, Boo Han-myung (Jeon Bae-soo), Choi Yong-nam (Song Young-gyu), and Jo Sang-cheol (Lee Hyun-kyun). And the military prosecutor who will face them in court is Baek Seung-ki (Choi Won-young), and lawyers and prosecutors are expected to face fierce confrontation by defending and prosecuting Kim Young-il (Yoo Sung-joo), the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, and his accompanying secretary 'Park Tae-ju', respectively, who are at the center of the case.

In addition, Jeon Sang-du (Yoo Jae-myung), the center of power, is the one to pay attention to. He plans to pressure the lawyers as the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the 10.26 case and lead the note trial. Jeon Sang-du is also scheduled to clash with Army Chief of Staff Chung Jin-hoo (Lee Won-jong) in order to gain greater power, adding to the unpredictability. Kim Oh-ryong (Park Hoon), the chief of staff's entourage, appears as a person who understands Park Tae-joo, a soldier who is loyal to his superiors. In addition, his girlfriend Cho Soon-jung (Jin Ki-joo) who supports him and his wife Ok Jung-ae (Kang Mal-geum), who supports her husband emotionally, also appear to enrich the play.

As such, 'Land of Happiness' will capture the eyes and ears of the audience by unraveling the intertwined relationship between those who want to save the trial, those who follow orders from their superiors, and those who move the trial for power.

'Land of Happiness' is a film about Park Tae-joo, who was involved in a presidential assassination on Oct. 26, 1979, and Jeong In-hoo, a lawyer who entered Korea's worst political trial by defending him by orders from his superiors, which will be released on Aug. 14.





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