Director Min Kyu-dong, who has captivated audiences with his delicate directorial skills in each work, has returned with the action drama 'The Old Woman with the Knife' (directed by Min Kyu-dong, produced by Supfilm, distributed by NEW).
Director Min Kyu-dong, known for 'Her Story' and 'All About My Wife', has returned with 'The Old Woman with the Knife'. 'The Old Woman with the Knife' is an action drama that depicts the intense confrontation between the legendary killer 'Jokak', who has worked for over 40 years in an organization that handles people like cockroaches, and the mysterious killer 'Tuwoo', who has chased him all his life.
Director Min Kyu-dong has created new genre-defying fun by mastering multiple genres without being confined to one. From his debut horror film 'Tell Me Something', to the romantic comedy 'All About My Wife', and the heart-wrenching true story 'Her Story', he has captivated the public's heart by crossing various genres such as drama, historical drama, and science fiction.
Director Min Kyu-dong, who has continually challenged limits, aims to conquer the action drama genre with this 'The Old Woman with the Knife', breaking away from genre stereotypes to establish his own style. Notably, Director Min Kyu-dong has proven his directorial skills by receiving consecutive invitations to major international film festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival and the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival with 'The Old Woman with the Knife'.
Through 'The Old Woman with the Knife', Director Min Kyu-dong plans to delicately portray not only the confrontational dynamics of the 60-year-old killer 'Jokak' (played by Lee Hye-young) and the 30-year-old killer 'Tuwoo' (played by Kim Sung-cheol) but also the story of a person who has lived on the border between life and death. "I wanted to create a story that one encounters for the first time in life but will not be forgotten for a long time," said Director Min Kyu-dong, who foreshadowed the birth of a new action drama never seen before.
Since its premiere in Berlin, international media have praised 'The Old Woman with the Knife' with comments such as, "A work by veteran director Min Kyu-dong who has conquered all genres, depicting meditations on the loneliness of aging" (The Hollywood Reporter), highlighting the unique emotional experience that can be found only in 'The Old Woman with the Knife', unlike existing action films. In this way, Director Min Kyu-dong aims to present a new genre through the unprecedented character of a 60-year-old killer and an original action imbued with the passage of time.
Anticipated as an unrestrained action drama by genre master Director Min Kyu-dong, 'The Old Woman with the Knife' is scheduled to hit theaters on May 1 (Thursday).
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