The film "Hope" surpassed 1 million viewers within three days of its release and is writing a box office record, and even Zo In-sung's fashion in the work is drawing attention.
Released on the 15th, "Hope" (director/writer Na Hong-jin, produced by Forged Films, co-produced by Plus M Entertainment, West World Co., Ltd., distributed by Plus M Entertainment) tells the story of Beom-seok (Hwang Jung-min), the branch office chief at Hopohang located in the Demilitarized Zone, who hears from local youths that a tiger has appeared, and as the whole village goes on alert, encounters an unbelievable reality and the story begins.
In the work, Zo In-sung plays Seong-gi, a local youth at Hopohang who does any work that makes money. Seong-gi, along with his hunter companions, heads into the forest chasing an unknown entity that descended on the village, and there engages in a breath-taking bloody fight with a strange creature.
When still cuts were first released, Zo In-sung drew attention with a fashion reminiscent of a cowboy in a western: a checkered shirt, denim jacket and holster. After the film's release, audiences responded unexpectedly by calling Zo In-sung "Hopohang Cortis," creating a stir.
Cortis is a five-member multinational group that debuted in August last year. They drew attention for a "slacker core" look that highlights vintage thrift styles such as sagging fashion that started from 1990s American hip-hop culture, washed old jackets and baggy denim pants. Because of this, Cortis is now considered a representative of "slacker core" among Millennials and Gen Z.
Among young viewers who saw Zo In-sung's fashion were reactions such as "the hunters' outfits are hip," "Zo In-sung wore clothes like Cortis," and "including Zo In-sung, the thrifted hip outfits made me think of Cortis the whole time." The hunter companions chasing the strange creature with Zo In-sung number four in total, which coincidentally matches the membership count of Cortis, a five-member group.
When a poster showing Zo In-sung and his companions together was released, netizens began calling them "Hortis," a shortened form of "Hopohang Cortis." They even parodied Cortis's catchphrase from "YOUNGCREATORCREW," creating the nickname "Heukkeukkeu," and offered humorous takes such as rewriting lyrics to fit the story like "Seong-gi not listening red red." Additionally, viewers have said they looked up the outfit information, saying "the fit of the clothes was good" and "I want Zo In-sung's pants," extending the buzz in various ways.
Meanwhile, the film "Hope" is currently screening in theaters and is scheduled to open in North America on Sept. 9. According to the Korea Film Council's integrated box office on the 18th, "Hope" drew 594,804 viewers on the 17th, bringing its cumulative audience to 1,220,512, and continues to hold the No. 1 spot at the box office.
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