The film Shinuiakdan, which will cap off 2025 and herald a hopeful start to 2026, finally opens today (31st).
The film Shinuiakdan (director Kim Hyung-hyeop, distributed by CJ CGV Co., production Studio Target Co.) starts from the audacious imagination that an officer of North Korea's Ministry of State Security organizes a fake praise troupe to earn foreign currency, and is a human drama that depicts the process in which those who deceived and were deceived come to genuinely communicate and change through music.
# Point 1. "Not like Avatar·Zootopia 2!"
A real human drama with the smell of people. At the end of 2025, the theaters are under heavy attack from Hollywood blockbusters such as Avatar: The Fire and Zootopia 2. Amid dazzling spectacle and overflowing fantasy, Shinuiakdan stakes its claim on sincerity that "smells of people." Instead of huge scale or flashy CG, it captures a rough but warm humanity that blooms in the process of deceiving and being deceived. Realistic empathy and touching emotion that fantasy cannot provide, and the stories of real people blooming in bone-chilling cold are the strongest distinguishing features and weapons that only Shinuiakdan can offer.
# Point 2. "This combination is fresh!"
The hot ensemble of Park Si-Hoo and Jung Jin-woon. Shinuiakdan drew expectations with its glamorous casting lineup even before release. Park Si-Hoo, returning to the screen after 10 years, plays the cold, calculating Ministry of State Security officer Park Gyo-soon, showing three-dimensional acting that alternates between charisma and humanity. Adding to that, Jung Jin-woon, former member of 2AM, portrays the sharp security officer Kim Tae-seong who monitors the troupe, injecting tension. The fantastic back-and-forth created by distinctive actors such as Tae Hang-ho, Seo Dong-won, Jang Ji-geon, and Choi Seon-ja is a core point that multiplies the film's entertainment.
# Point 3. "Your ears will be delighted and your heart will race!" A feast of great songs filling the screen
You can't miss the rich soundtrack that will show the essence of music films. In addition to CCM classics that move audiences' hearts such as "Passing through the wilderness," "Way Maker," and "Grace," Lim Young-woong's hit "Love Always Runs Away" is placed where appropriate to provide listening pleasure. In particular, the choir scenes of the troupe against the backdrop of Mongolia's vast snowy plains will visually and audibly maximize the thrill of the process in which the fake becomes real and are expected to stimulate audiences' tear ducts.
# Point 4. "The comfort we need now" Director Kim Hyung-hyeop's warm message
Director Kim Hyung-hyeop, who directed the film, said on the occasion of the release, "Shinuiakdan is a movie like a comprehensive gift set. If you follow the characters joyfully, you will suddenly encounter a weighty emotion," expressing confidence.
He also said, "That it opens on the last day of the year feels like sharing 'another start' with the audience, which is very meaningful," and added, "I hope you receive warm comfort through this miraculous story in which we, who hide our true feelings and live in a rough world, come to understand and love one another."
Shinuiakdan, born from the meeting of director Kim Hyung-hyeop's unique humanism—who portrayed warm family love through Dad Is a Daughter—and writer Kim Hwang-seong of Miracle in Cell No.7, who drew the ironic subject of 'the formation of a praise troupe by North Korea's Ministry of State Security.' The actors' passionate performances that melt minus 40-degree cold and the overwhelming emotion are expected to be an unforgettable gift for audiences of all generations visiting theaters this winter.
Meanwhile, the film Shinuiakdan can be seen in theaters nationwide starting today (31st).<
[Photo] Studio Target Co.
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