Kong Hyung-jin returns playing a president who was a former attorney general in the first feature film about the 12.3 emergency martial law incident.
On the 25th, the film Emergency Martial Law 12.3 (director Park Kyung-soo, production IPBox Media1, subtitle "PM 10:24") confirmed the main casting of actors Kong Hyung-jin, Lee Ga-ryung and Lee Sang-hoon and announced a first-half crank-in.
Emergency Martial Law 12.3 was conceived with the 12.3 emergency martial law incident that occurred on Dec. 3, 2024, as its motif. Park Kyung-soo, CEO of production company IPBox Media1, wrote the script himself and served as director in overall command. It heralds the birth of a high-quality political drama that densely realizes the urgency of the incident, with the graceful cinematography of director of photography Jang A-ram, who has proven her skills in numerous works.
The film reconstructs and probes, through the writer's imagination, the behind-the-scenes of that night — for what reasons and how an emergency martial law that should never happen in 21st-century Korea was conspired. It is expected to portray with tension the process in which the protagonist Gye-yeong, a former prosecutor general from Seocho-dong who entered Yeouido and became president, pulls out the extreme card of emergency martial law.
The lead actors chosen to carry the story are Kong Hyung-jin, Lee Ga-ryung and Lee Sang-hoon. In particular, Kong Hyung-jin chose Emergency Martial Law 12.3 as his comeback work, his first new project in four years since Hidden, which was released in 2022. He plays Gye-yeong, a president who distrusts Yeouido politicians and intends to follow his own path.
Lee Ga-ryung, who starred in popular dramas such as Queen's House and Love (ft. Marriage & Divorce), plays Geun-hee, Gye-yeong's wife and the CEO. Lee Sang-hoon, who has shown distinctive performances in various works, joins as Gye-yeong's high school senior Lee Yong-hyun, adding weight to the story.
The three actors who joined the project expressed their overwhelming feelings about participating, saying, "At that time, the sight of people protecting Korea inside and outside the National Assembly was more moving than any work."
[Photo] OSEN DB, IPBox Media1, provided by HM Entertainment.
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