Seo Bok

Seo Bok
Promotional poster
Hangul
서복
Hanja
徐福
Revised RomanizationSeobok
Directed byLee Yong-ju
Screenplay byLee Yong-ju
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Music byJo Yeong-wook
Production
companies
Studio 101
CJ Entertainment
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15)[1]
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩16.5 billion[2]
Box officeUS$6.8 million[3][4]

Seo Bok (Korean서복; Hanja徐福; RRSeobok) is a 2021 South Korean sci-fi action film directed by Lee Yong-ju and starring Gong Yoo and Park Bo-gum.[5] The film revolves around a former intelligence agent Gi-heon (Gong Yoo), who gets involved with the first human clone, Seo Bok (Park Bo-gum).[6][7] Principal photography began in May 2019.[8] The film with a production cost of ₩16.5 billion[2] was anticipated to release in December 2020[9][10] but its release was postponed due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] Finally the film was released simultaneously in theatres and via streaming media TVING on April 15, 2021.[1] In Vietnam, this film premiered exclusively on iQiyi on April 22, 2021.[12]

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  2. ^ a b Kim, Jae-hee (March 4, 2021). "영화 '서복' 내달 15일 극장-온라인 동시 개봉" [The movie 'Seobok' will be released simultaneously at the theater-online on]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Seobok (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office for Seo Bok (2021)". KOFIC. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "[Photos] New Posters Added for the Upcoming Korean Movie "SEOBOK"". HanCinema. October 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Park Hyun-taek (January 6, 2017). "[단독] 박보검 복제인간 된다…영화 '서복'으로 스크린 컴백" [[Exclusive] Park Bo-gum becomes a clone... Screen comeback with the movie'Seobok']. Sports Chusan. Naver. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  7. ^ Schwartz, William. "SEOBOK". HanCinema.
  8. ^ Kang Hye-ran, Na Won-jung (December 31, 2019). "우주선‧복제인간…2020 한국영화, 더 대담한 상상력이 온다" [Spaceships and clones... 2020 Korean cinema, bolder imagination comes]. Naver. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Yim, Seung-hye (October 21, 2020). "Seo Bok big-screen release set for Dec. 2". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Lee, Gyu-lee (October 21, 2020). "Gong Yoo and Park Bo-gum's 'Seo Bok' to release in December". Korean Times.
  11. ^ "Blockbusters 'Seo Bok,' 'Life Is Beautiful' premieres postpone due to COVID-19". koreatimes. December 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Seobok - Người Nhân Bản". iQiyi Vietnam. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.