Attack on the Pin-Up Boys

Attack on the Pin-Up Boys
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건
Revised RomanizationKkonminam yeonswae tereosageon
Directed byLee Kwon
Screenplay byPark Yeon-seon
StarringSuper Junior
CinematographyLee Young-hoon[1]
Edited by
  • Song Soo-a
  • Na Dong-joo
Music byChoi Dong-hoon
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Chungeorahm
  • M&FC
Release date
  • 26 July 2007 (2007-07-26)
Running time
81 minutes[2]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩850 million[3]
Box officeUS$631,034[4]

Attack on the Pin-Up Boys,[5] also known as Flower Boys' Series of Terror Events[6] or simply Flower Boys (Korean: 꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건; RR: Kkonminam Yeonswae Tereosageon), is a 2007 South Korean high school mystery comedy film,[3] and is the first film produced by SM Pictures, a subsidiary of SM Entertainment.[7] It is also the first full-length film directed by Lee Kwon.[8] The film stars all members of the boy band Super Junior, with the exception of Kyuhyun who was injured and still recovering from a car accident on 19 April 2007.[3]

The story centres around a series of attacks on popular high school students or commonly called flower boys that occurred on the 14th of each month, which started on Valentine's Day. Some students — Kibum (played by Kim Ki-bum) and Donghae (played by Lee Dong-hae) — decide to investigate the incidents and find the culprit, while some targeted students; Heechul (played by Kim Hee-chul) and Kangin (played by Kim Young-woon) try to bait the culprit into attacking them so as to raise their popularity.

The film premiered on 16 July 2007 at Megabox Sinchon in Seoul and was released theatrically on 26 July 2007 in South Korea.[9][10] It received seven nominations at the 2007 Korea Movie Star Awards.[11]

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  8. ^ Noh Hyung-suk (12 July 2007). [이권] 미술계가 주목하는 '꽃미남 영화감독' [[Interest] The art industry taking notice of 'Flower Boy film director']. The Hankyoreh (in Korean). Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  9. ^ Park Mi-ae (16 July 2007). 팬들 약속을 지켰다...슈주 영화 시사회의 의미있는 '침묵' [Fans kept their promise... 'Silence' during the premiere of Super Junior's film]. Edaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  10. ^ '꽃미남 연쇄 테러사건'에서 코미디와 액션을 담당한 강인,은혁,팬더입니다 [Kangin, Eunhyuk and Panda were responsible for comedy and action in 'Attack On the Pin-Up Boys']. Newswire (in Korean). 26 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
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