▲ This photo, provided by ShowBox, shows "Emergency Declaration." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) – S. Korean actor Song Kang-ho will meet the audience through the movie “Emergency Declaration,” following “Broker,” with which he won Best Actor at the 75th Cannes Film Festival last month.

The film distributor ShowBox announced on Tuesday that it has confirmed to release “Emergency Declaration” in August.

“Emergency Declaration” is a disaster movie that depicts the story of passengers being forced to evacuate as an unprecedented terror occurs mid-flight.

The film, directed by Han Jae-rim of “The Face Reader”(2013) and “The King”(2017), stars two Cannes-winning actors. Song will play a veteran police detective In-ho, while Jeon Do-yeon will play the role of Sook-hee, minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Jeon was named Best Actress for her performance in film director Lee Chang-dong’s “Secret Sunshine” at Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

The film also stars Lee Byung-hun, who plays Jae-hyuk, a passenger who boarded a plane with a kid, and Kim Nam, who plays the pilot Hyun-soo. Park Hae-joon plays the role of Tae-su, Blue House Crisis Management Center director, while Im Si-wan plays the passenger Jin-seok.

“Emergency Declaration” finished filming in 2020 and was invited to screen at Cannes under the category of films out of competition last year. The release in local theaters was postponed due to the spread of COVID-19.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Kim Sun Min.)

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