Finally it’s almost here! Detective Hong Gil-dong: Missing Village (English title: Phantom Detective) is premiering on May 4. Starring Lee Je-hoon (Signal) as the badass anti-hero Hong Gil-dong, this neo-noir action flick is brought to you by director Jo Sung-hee, the same man behind fantasy-melo film A Werewolf Boy.
Man with no memories. A hero more ruthless than the villains. This modernized version of legendary character Hong Gil-dong is the leader of an illegal detective agency. Twenty years ago, he lost everything except one memory of his mother’s tragic murder. Since then, he has been on a quest for revenge against his mother’s killer, who he believes to be a man named Kim Byung-duk (Park Geun-hyung). However, as soon as Hong closes in on his trail, Kim is kidnapped by a shadowy criminal organization named Gwangeunhae, leaving behind his two adorable grandkids.
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