Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Along with the Gods:
The Two Worlds
Hangul
신과함께: 죄와 벌
Hanja
神과함께: 罪와 罰
Literal meaningTogether with God: Sin and Punishment
Revised RomanizationSin-gwahamkke: Joewa Beol
Directed byKim Yong-hwa
Screenplay byKim Yong-hwa
Based onAlong with the Gods
by Joo Ho-min
Produced by
  • Kim Yong-hwa
  • Won Dong-yeon
  • Kim Ho-Sung
Starring
CinematographyKim Byung-seo
Edited by
  • Kim Hye-jin
  • Zino Kim
  • Nam Na-young
Music byBang Jun-seok
Production
companies
  • Realies Pictures
  • Dexter Studios
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)
Running time
140 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩20 billion
($18.3 million)[2][3]
Box office$109.4 million[4]

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (Korean: 신과함께: 죄와 벌) is a 2017 South Korean fantasy action film directed by Kim Yong-hwa and based on the webtoon series by Joo Ho-min, Along with the Gods, which was inspired by the Korean Joseon dynasty Buddhist paintings and early Buddhist texts of the Ten Kings of Hell.[5][6][7][8][9] It stars Ha Jung-woo, Cha Tae-hyun, Ju Ji-hoon and Kim Hyang-gi.

The film was shot as one but presented in two parts. The first part, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, was released on 20 December 2017.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] In June 2018, it was announced that another two sequels are scheduled to be filmed in 2019.[17] The sequel, titled Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days, was released on 1 August 2018.[18]

As of May 2019, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is the third highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history.[19][20]

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  2. ^ "[Herald Review] 'Along With Gods' all about spectacular visuals".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference budget was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) (Blu-ray + DVD) (US Version)". YesAsia Editorial. Retrieved 16 November 2023. The big-budget blockbuster is based on Joo Ho Min's hugely popular same-titled three-episode web comic, which is inspired by the Joseon dynasty Buddhist painting Ten Kings of Hell
  6. ^ "Seventh of the Ten Kings of Hell". National Museum of Korea. Retrieved 16 November 2023. This is a Buddhist painting depicting the seventh of the ten kings of hell. On the 49th day after death, the soul of the deceased comes before the seventh king and may be reborn, depending on his or her actions in this world. This painting portrays the dead being squeezed into a punishment device designed to inflict great pain.
  7. ^ "The Tenth King of Hell (dated 1798)". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 16 November 2023. In the Buddhist world, the Ten Kings of Hell serve as judges of the deceased to determine their fate, including the type and severity of punishment(porco dio) and the course of their cycle of rebirth
  8. ^ Wai Yee Chiong, Penley Knipe (18 December 2017). "Reigning over a Hellish Bureaucracy". Harvard Art Museums.
  9. ^ Teiser, Stephen F. (1994). The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824815874. Book reviewed by James Robson.
  10. ^ "HA Jung-woo, CHA Tae-hyun Team Up WITH GOD". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Kpop News: Exo's D.O. to cast in the film "With God"". 18 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  12. ^ "영화 '신과 함께' 1편, 2017년 여름 개봉한다". www.visualdive.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  13. ^ "하정우부터 도경수까지…'신과 함께' 초호화 라인업 확정". TV리포트 (in Korean). 17 April 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  14. ^ "ALONG WITH THE GODS Filming Ends, Release Pushed to December".
  15. ^ "하정우x차태현x주지훈 '신과함께' 12월 20일 개봉확정[공식]" (in Korean). Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  16. ^ Kil, Sonia (23 October 2017). "WellGo USA Buys Two-Part Korean Fantasy 'Gods'". variety.com.
  17. ^ 조, 재영 (24 June 2018). "'신과함께' 3·4편도 내년말 동시 제작한다". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  18. ^ "하정우X차태현 '신과 함께' 1편 12월, 2편 내년 여름 개봉". Star News (in Korean).
  19. ^ "[공식] '신과함께', '국제시장' 꺾었다…역대 韓 영화 2위" (in Korean). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  20. ^ "'Gods' sequel coming in August".