Actor Moon Chae-won returns as a legendary first love.
The film 'Heartman', which opens on the 14th, is the first comedy in theaters for the 2026 new year. Seung-min (Kwon Sang Woo), a man who has returned, struggles to not lose his reunited first love Bona (Moon Chae-won), but a secret he can never tell her develops and sets events in motion.
Moon Chae-won plays Bona, the legendary first love who captured Seung-min's heart at university and is a photographer. Behind her calm, gentle impression is a character with an honest and forward charm. Moon Chae-won adds a fresh dimension to the existing "first love character" by naturally handling unabashed flirting with an arresting, pure-looking visual. In particular, although this is Moon Chae-won's first challenge in the comedy genre, she naturally blends into the character with understated everyday acting and a restrained sense of humor, completing her own Bona.
Last summer in the horror film 'Gwishi', where she left a strong impression as a mad character obsessed with beauty, Moon Chae-won succeeds in a 180-degree contrasting transformation by showing a much brighter and more flexible comic performance in this work. She freely traverses two completely different genres, horror and comedy, once again proving an expanded acting spectrum on screen.
As proof of this, immediately after the preview, praise continued with comments such as "When Moon Chae-won appears, admiration burst out," "You immediately understand why she is cast as the first love," and "Moon Chae-won's comedy acting suits her well." From the thrill of first love to the delight of comedy, anticipation grows for the various charms Moon Chae-won will convey.
Meanwhile, the film Heartman opens today (the 14th) and is being screened at theaters nationwide.
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