Confession (2014 film)

2014 South Korean neo-noir film

Confession

Theatrical poster

Hangul|

좋은 친구들

Hanja|

좋은 親舊들

RR| Joeun chingudeul
MR| Choŭn ch'in'gudŭl
Directed by| Lee Do-yun
Written by| Lee Do-yun
Produced by| Lee Tae-hun
Choi Nak-kwon
Starring| Ji Sung
Ju Ji-hoon
Lee Kwang-soo
Cinematography| Yu Eok
Edited by| Steve M. Choe
Music by| Jang Young-gyu

Production
company

Opus Pictures

Distributed by| CJ Entertainment

Release date

* July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10)

Running time

| 114 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean
Box office| US$2,801,991

Confession (Korean: 좋은 친구들; RR: Joeun chingudeul; lit. 'Good Friends') is a 2014 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film starring Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon and Lee Kwang-soo.[1][2][3][4]

## Plot

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Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Hyun-tae is a paramedic with a daughter in kindergarten, In-chul is a con man who works at an insurance company, and Min-soo is a small business owner. Hyun-tae's mother, who owns an illegal gambling arcade, asks In-chul to stage a robbery/arson of her arcade to get an insurance settlement. But when it results in her accidental death, the friends have a falling out and their relationships with each other are forever changed.[5]

## Cast

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* Ji Sung as Im Hyun-tae [6]
* Baek Seung-hwan as young Im Hyun-tae
* Ju Ji-hoon as Jung In-chul
* Jeon Ji-hwan as young Jung In-chul
* Lee Kwang-soo as Kim Min-soo [7][8][9][10]
* Ham Sung-min as young Kim Min-soo
* Lee Hwi-hyang as Hyun-tae's mother
* Ki Gook-seo as Hyun-tae's father
* Choi Jin-ho as Shin Yi Soo
* Jung Ji-yoon as Mi-ran
* Jang Hee-jin as Ji-hyang
* Choi Byung-mo as Jae-gyu
* Ri Min as Detective Choi
* Hwang Chae-won as Yoo-ri
* Yang Jae-young as Ho-sung
* Park Sang-hyeon as Department head Kim
* Lee Young-soo as Detective Lee
* Ham Sung-min as Min-soo
* Nam Moon-cheol as Chief of police
* Kwak Min-seok as Center head
* Jeon In-geol as Assassin

## Awards and nominations

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Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result

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2014  | 51st Grand Bell Awards[11] | Best New Director  | Lee Do-yun  | Nominated
Best Screenplay  | Lee Do-yun  | Nominated
Best Editing  | Steve M. Choe  | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ Conran, Pierce (16 December 2013). "JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo Team Up for New Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
2. ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (11 December 2013). "Ji Sung, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Kwang Soo Cast in Movie Good Friends". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
3. ^ Kim, Hee-eun (13 June 2014). "Ji, Ju and Lee Good Friends after film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
4. ^ Jin, Eun-soo (20 June 2014). "Masculinity, brutality themes of Confession". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
5. ^ Jin, Eun-soo (4 July 2014). "Confession puts true friendship to the test". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
6. ^ Lee, Sun-min (12 December 2013). "Ji to star in new movie Good Friends". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
7. ^ Lee, Cory (11 December 2013). "Lee Kwang-soo to Display Deep Bromance with Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
8. ^ Hong, Grace Danbi (28 May 2014). "Lee Kwang Soo Wipes Off the Smile on His Face for Good Friends". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
9. ^ Ha, Soo-jung (28 June 2014). "Interview: Lee Kwang Soo Will Not Leave Running Man Just to Focus on Other Projects". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
10. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (30 June 2014). "Herald Interview: Funnyman gets serious". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
11. ^ Kim, June (12 November 2014). "The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)
* Confession at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
* Confession at IMDb
* Confession at HanCinema

*[lit.]: literal translation