Actors Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong from the film "Humint" are thrilling fans not only with intense melodramatic emotion on screen but also with enthusiastic promotion off screen.
The recently released film "Humint" (director Ryu Seung-wan, distributed/financed by NEW, produced by Oeyunaegang) is a work that depicts people with different motives clashing in Vladivostok, where secrets and truth are both submerged in a cold sea of ice. It is a spy action film that shares part of the worldview of Ryu Seung-wan's 2013 film "Berlin."
As director Ryu Seung-wan is well known for action, "Humint" originally raised expectations among movie fans for its action within espionage sequences. The actual film presents large-scale, exhilarating gunfights without dialogue and a strong sense of impact reminiscent of Hong Kong noir. In addition, the unexpectedly superior twist chemistry and the standout performances of Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong are being highlighted.
In "Humint," Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong played North Korean State Security Department lieutenant colonel Park Geon and a hostess sent abroad for North Korea's foreign currency earning, Chae Seon-hwa, respectively, and shared scenes together. Park Geon and Chae Seon-hwa were former lovers who had been engaged. Chae Seon-hwa hurriedly left Park Geon in the past, and Park Geon, who was dispatched to Vladivostok, Russia, to monitor North Korea's consul general Hwang Chi-seong (Park Hae-jun), reunited with Chae Seon-hwa, who was working as a hostess at a North Korean restaurant-bar run under Hwang Chi-seong's direction.
At the unexpected reunion, Park Geon and Chae Seon-hwa were left speechless toward each other even in front of Hwang Chi-seong. However, Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong conveyed that the two characters had a significant shared past merely through their looks at each other without notable dialogue. Coincidentally, Park Jeongmin recently starred as the lead in singer Hwasa's music video for the song "Good Goodbye," sparking a strong melodramatic craze. His passionate performance opposite Shin Sae-kyeong in "Humint" seems to have fully satisfied fans' desires.
The heartrending relationship between Park Geon and Chae Seon-hwa in the film has continued off screen through Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong's energetic promotional activities. The two appeared in costume at a stage greeting for "Humint" held before the Lunar New Year holiday. Park Jeongmin wore the sheepskin jacket and matching outfit Park Geon wore when he reunited with Chae Seon-hwa, and Shin Sae-kyeong wore the jade-colored hanbok Chae Seon-hwa wore for a performance at the restaurant-bar in front of Park Geon. Moreover, the sheepskin jacket Park Jeongmin chose was also the coat Park Geon put back on Chae Seon-hwa in the film, adding further meaning for audiences who followed the narrative while watching the movie.
In addition, Park Jeongmin kept a promise he made earlier in a Chungju city YouTube content he appeared in with Kim Seon-tae, an assistant deputy director nicknamed "Chungju man," and conducted a one-person stage greeting alone around Chungju. The unprecedented voluntary and bold promotion excited not only the audiences who visited Chungju's theaters but also fans who watched on YouTube.
Also, Shin Sae-kyeong promoted "Humint" by showing herself making and eating the trending "Dubai jjondeuk cookie" with Park Jeongmin and Park Hae-jun on her personal YouTube channel. Movie fans have been adding to the fun by sharing scenes from the attentive stage greeting on Shin Sae-kyeong's active personal social media accounts.
Inside and outside of "Humint," the chemistry between Park Jeongmin and Shin Sae-kyeong is gaining momentum. The two actors, who have become the film's signature promotional couple, are drawing increasing attention for their next moves.
[photo] provided by NEW, source SNS.
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