The Soup (film)

The Soup
Directed byLim Young-hoon
Screenplay byLim Young-hoon
Produced byChoi Chang-gyu
StarringShin Jung-geun
Yoon Park
Jang So-yeon
Go Na-hee
CinematographyLee Hyun-soo
Release dates
  • April 2017 (2017-04) (AIFF)
  • 12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) (South Korea)
Running time
103 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The Soup (Korean: 식구; Hanja: Sik-gu) is a 2017 South Korean family drama film starring Shin Jung-geun, Yoon Park, Jang So-yeon and Go Na-hee. Written and directed by Lim Young-hoon, it was based on the true story of an ex-convict who entered the home of a mentally disabled couple with a 7-year-old daughter, and ends up living with them. It premiered and was named Best Foreign Feature at the 26th Arizona International Film Festival 2017.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Hong, Dam-young (3 May 2017). "The Soup wins Arizona film fest award". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Yoon Park lands leading role in new movie, The Soup". Hancinema. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ^ "The Soup". Arizona International Film Festival. 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2019.