Best Friend (film)

Best Friend
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
이웃사촌
Revised RomanizationIutsachon
McCune–ReischauerIutsach'on
Directed byLee Hwan-kyung
Written by
  • Lee Hwan-kyung
  • Yun Pil-jun
  • Kim Yeong-seok
Produced by
  • Yun Jong-ho
Starring
CinematographyJeong Seong-jun
Kim Gil-tae
Music byLee Dong-jun
Production
companies
  • Cinemahub
  • Fantasy Entertainment
Distributed by
  • Little Big Pictures
  • Trinity Pictures
Release date
  • November 25, 2020 (2020-11-25)
Running time
130 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2.7 million[1]

Best Friend (Korean이웃사촌), also known as Good Neighbor, is a 2020 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Lee Hwan-kyung, starring Jung Woo, Oh Dal-su, Kim Hee-won, and Kim Byung-chul.[2][3] The film was released theatrically on November 25, 2020.

Synopsis

Dae-kwon (Jung Woo) is the head of the provincial government team who is unemployed and on the verge of being demoted. He receives a mission with his team members to monitor the family of a politician (Oh Dal-su) who is quarantined at home 24 hours a day upon entering the country from overseas. The wiretapping team members move into a neighboring house undercover and discover new secrets one by one as they monitor all the suspicious sounds and actions of the family, from requests for radio stories to rustling noises in the middle of the night.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Best Friend (2020)". KOFIC. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Song, Seung-hyun (14 November 2020). "Actor Oh Dal-su returns to big screen two years after sexual assault allegations". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kwak, Yeon-soo (23 November 2020). "Jung[INTERVIEW] 'Best Friend' director explains why he keeps making family movies". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 March 2022.