Gabi (film)

Russian Coffee
Korean name
Hangul
가비
Revised RomanizationGabi
McCune–ReischauerKabi
Directed byChang Yoon-hyun
Screenplay byKim Eun-jung
Based onRussian Coffee
by Kim Tak-hwan
Produced byJung Tae-woon
Choe Jun-yeong
Lee Je-hyeon
StarringKim So-yeon
Joo Jin-mo
Park Hee-soon
CinematographyOh Hyun-je
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byWon Il
Production
companies
Trophy Entertainment
Ksure
Cinema Service
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Gabi (Korean: 가비; RR: Gabi) is a 2012 South Korean historical mystery drama film starring Kim So-yeon, Joo Jin-mo and Park Hee-soon. It follows an ostensible assassination plot of King Gojong (1852-1919), using coffee brewed by royal barista Tanya. The plan is masterminded by Sadako, a Joseon woman with adopted Japanese nationality, and aided by Ilyich, Tanya's lover.[1][2]

Inspired by conspiracy theories about Gojong and the king's well-known love of coffee, the movie's title Gabi is a turn-of-the-century Chinese-character transliteration of "coffee." The film is based on author Kim Tak-hwan's historical fiction novel Noseoa Gabi ("Russian Coffee").[3][4]

  1. ^ Kim, Heidi (24 March 2011). "New historical film Coffee to crank in next week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ^ Kwaak, Je-yup (21 February 2012). "Gabi: East-meets-West thriller on Joseon Kingdom's first coffee". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ^ Chung, Sung-hee (19 December 2011). "Republic of Coffee". The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ^ Ra, Jegy (16 May 2011). "20 Korean Films to Look Out for Second Half of 2011: Gabi". Korean Cinema Today via Hancinema. Retrieved 2012-11-18.