Marine Boy (film)

Marine Boy
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoon Jong-seok
Written byYoon Jong-seok
Produced byWon Dong-yeon
Kim Ho-seong
Lee Sang-yong
StarringKim Kang-woo
Cho Jae-hyun
Park Si-yeon
CinematographyKim Ji-yong
Edited bySteve M. Choe
Kim Chang-ju
Music byJung Jae-il
Production
company
REALies pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • February 5, 2009 (2009-02-05)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$3,923,970

Marine Boy (Korean마린보이; RRMarin Boi) is a 2009 South Korean action thriller film. The feature film debut of writer and director Yoon Jong-seok, it stars Kim Kang-woo, Cho Jae-hyun and Park Si-yeon in the lead roles. Marine Boy is the story of a former national swimmer who finds himself in debt, and out of desperation is employed as a mule by a gangster boss, smuggling drugs by sea. Yoon regarded the film's title as a unique point, saying, "There is something beguiling about its duality, how these criminals are called something that romantically calls to mind the popular cartoon Marine Boy or the star swimmer Park Tae-Hwan".[1]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 'Marine Boy' Explores Drug Trafficking was invoked but never defined (see the help page).