Anchor (film)

Anchor
Anchor
	Theatrical release poster
Hangul	앵커
Directed by	Jung Ji-yeon
Screenplay by	Jung Ji-yeon
Starring	Chun Woo-hee; Shin Ha-kyun; Lee Hye-young;
Production; companies	Insight Film; About Film
Distributed by	Ace Maker Movie Works
Release date	April 20, 2022;
Running time	111 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	est. US$1.30 million

Anchor (Korean: 앵커) is a 2022 South Korean mystery-thriller film directed by Jung Ji-yeon. It stars Chun Woo-hee, Shin Ha-kyun and Lee Hye-young, and was released on April 20.^[3]

Plot

Five minutes before a live broadcast, a call comes in to the anchorwoman of the broadcasting station, Sera (Chun Woo-hee), who is a prank caller, predicting her death, saying that she will be murdered. Sera cannot hide her uneasy feelings, thinking it is just a prank call. When her mother, So-jeong (Lee Hye-young), tells her that it is her chance to become a real anchor, Sera heads to the informant’s house and witnesses the bodies of the informant, Mi-so, and her daughter. From that day on, Sera begins to see the dead Mi-so repeatedly. At the scene of the incident, she encounters psychiatrist In-ho (Shin Ha-kyun), who was Mi-so’s attending physician, and Sera’s suspicions about him deepen… Check out the shocking truth that will shake the perfect anchor!

Cast

Chun Woo-hee as Jung Se-ra, the main anchor of a broadcasting station.^[4]
Shin Ha-kyun as Cho In-ho, a doctor and the spirit of a dead informant who leads Se-ra into greater chaos.^[5]
Lee Hye-young as Lee So-jeong, Se-ra's mother who is obsessed with her daughter's main news anchor position.
Cha Rae-hyung as Min Ki-tae
Park Ji-hyun as Seo Seung-ah^[6]
Nam Moon-cheol as head of the news agency
Im Seong-jae as Detective Kim
Kim Young-pil as Heo Ki-jeong
Hae- Woon Hae as Reporter Han
Jung Soon-won as PD Choi
Park Se-hyeon as Yoon Mi-so
Seo Yi-soo as Yuna
Kim Young-ah as Professor Han Young-ok
Eun-sol as an female anchor^[7]

Production

Casting was confirmed in September 2019 and filming began on November 9, 2019.^[8]

A box office

Accumulated attendance of 164,911 and cumulative sales of KRW 1,613,962,610.^[9]

References

^ Kang Hyo-jin (December 31, 2020). "'내년엔 꼭 보고 싶다'…기대작 쟁여놓은 2021 韓영화 라인업" ['I want to see you next year'... 2021 Korean movie lineup with high expectations]. Spotify News (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2022". KOFIC. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ Jo Ji-young (March 21, 2022). "[공식] 천우희 주연 스릴러 '앵커', 4월 20일 개봉 확정" [[Official] Thriller 'Anchor' starring Chun Woo-hee to be released on April 20th] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Lee Da-won (August 26, 2019). "[단독] 이혜영·천우희, '앵커'로 뭉친다" [[Exclusive] Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee to unite as 'Anchor'] (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ Kim No-eul (September 23, 2019). "신하균 측 "영화 '앵커' 출연 확정"…이혜영·천우희 만난다(공식입장)" [Shin Ha-kyun confirmed to appear in the movie 'Anchor'... Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee meet (official position)]. MK Sports (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "[Cine Review] 'Anchor', a freshly creepy psychological pressure mystery thriller". Spotify News. Retrieved April 27, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Lee Seung-rok (March 23, 2022). "'아나운서 출신' 은솔, 영화 '앵커' 캐스팅" ['Announcer' Eunsol casts for movie 'Anchor'] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Kim Kyung-hee (November 12, 2019). "'앵커' 천우희 X 신하균 X 이혜영 막강 캐스팅으로 뉴스룸의 서스펜스 펼친다!". MBC Entertainment (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.
^ "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망(2)". www.kobis.or.kr. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

External links

Anchor at IMDb
Anchor at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Anchor at HanCinema

[1] Kang Hyo-jin (December 31, 2020). "'내년엔 꼭 보고 싶다'…기대작 쟁여놓은 2021 韓영화 라인업" ['I want to see you next year'... 2021 Korean movie lineup with high expectations]. Spotify News (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.

[box:korea-2] "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2022". KOFIC. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

[3] Jo Ji-young (March 21, 2022). "[공식] 천우희 주연 스릴러 '앵커', 4월 20일 개봉 확정" [[Official] Thriller 'Anchor' starring Chun Woo-hee to be released on April 20th] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.

[4] Lee Da-won (August 26, 2019). "[단독] 이혜영·천우희, '앵커'로 뭉친다" [[Exclusive] Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee to unite as 'Anchor'] (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[5] Kim No-eul (September 23, 2019). "신하균 측 "영화 '앵커' 출연 확정"…이혜영·천우희 만난다(공식입장)" [Shin Ha-kyun confirmed to appear in the movie 'Anchor'... Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee meet (official position)]. MK Sports (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.

[6] "[Cine Review] 'Anchor', a freshly creepy psychological pressure mystery thriller". Spotify News. Retrieved April 27, 2022 – via Naver.

[7] Lee Seung-rok (March 23, 2022). "'아나운서 출신' 은솔, 영화 '앵커' 캐스팅" ['Announcer' Eunsol casts for movie 'Anchor'] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Naver.

[8] Kim Kyung-hee (November 12, 2019). "'앵커' 천우희 X 신하균 X 이혜영 막강 캐스팅으로 뉴스룸의 서스펜스 펼친다!". MBC Entertainment (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Naver.

[9] "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망(2)". www.kobis.or.kr. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

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