Soulmate (2023 film)

Soulmate
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
소울메이트
Directed byMin Yong-geun
Screenplay by
  • Kang Hyun-joo
  • Min Yong-geun
Based onSoul Mate
by Derek Tsang
Produced byByun Seung-min
Starring
CinematographyKang Gook-hyun
Production
companies
Climax Studio[1]
Andmarq Studio
Studio&NEW
KeyEast
Distributed byNext Entertainment World[2]
Wide Lens Pictures
Release dates
  • 15 March 2023 (2023-03-15) (South Korea)
  • 24 March 2023 (2023-03-24) (North America)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2.5 million[3][4]

Soulmate (Korean: 소울메이트) is a 2023 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Min Yong-geun starring Kim Da-mi, Jeon So-nee and Byeon Woo-seok.[5] The film, adapted from the Chinese film with the same name, deals with the essence of human relationships through 14 years of meeting and parting, friendship and love, longing and jealousy between two friends who first met at the age of 13. It was released theatrically on March 15, 2023.[6][7] It was invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Korean Cinema Today - Panorama' section and will be screened on October 5, 2023.[8]

  1. ^ Jung Yoo-jin (January 13, 2021). "'소울메이트'부터 '콘크리트 유토피아'…클라이맥스 스튜디오 라인업" [From 'Soulmate' to 'Concrete Utopia'... Climax Studio Lineup] (in Korean). News 1. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Naver.
  2. ^ Kang Hyo-jin (December 31, 2020). "'내년엔 꼭 보고 싶다'…기대작 쟁여놓은 2021 韓영화 라인업" ['I want to see you next year'... 2021 Korean movie lineup with high expectations] (in Korean). Spotify News. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Naver.
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  4. ^ "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2023". KOFIC. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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  6. ^ Lee Seung-mi (January 17, 2023). "김다미·전소니 '소울메이트', 3월 개봉 확정…론칭 포스터 공개" [Dami Kim and Soni Jeon's 'Soul Mate' confirmed to be released in March... Launching poster released]. Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Go Seung-ah (February 3, 2023). "'소울메이트' 변우석 "김다미·전소니 등과 자주 연락" [N현장]" ['Soulmate' Byun Woo-seok "Frequent contact with Da-mi Kim and So-ni Jeon" [N site]] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "The 28th Busan International Film Festival: Selection List". Busan International Film Festival. September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.