The Five (film)

2013 South Korean film

The Five

Poster

Directed by| Jeong Yeon-shik
Written by| Jeong Yeon-shik
Based on| The 5ive Hearts
by Jeong Yeon-shik
Produced by| Kang Woo-suk
Starring| Kim Sun-a
On Joo-wan
Ma Dong-seok
Shin Jung-geun
Jung In-gi
Lee Chung-ah
Cinematography| Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by| Kim Chang-ju
Park Gyeong-suk
Music by| Shim Hyeon-jeong

Production
companies

Cinema Service
KT Media Hub

Distributed by| CJ Entertainment

Release date

* November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)

Running time

| 123 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean
Box office| US$4.9 million[1]

The Five (Korean: 더 파이브; RR: Deo Paibeu) is a 2013 South Korean horror thriller film written and directed by Jeong Yeon-shik based on his own webtoon The 5ive Hearts, which first appeared on internet portal Daum in April 2011.[2][3][4]

Kim Sun-a starred as a disabled woman who gathers four desperate people in need of organs to take revenge on the serial killer who murdered her family.[5][6][7][8][9]

## Plot

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Eun-ah was living a perfect, happy life with her family until a sociopathic young man named Jae-wook brutally and senselessly murders her husband and daughter in front of her eyes. Barely escaping alive herself, Eun-ah is left half-paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair. After her recovery, she grows fixated on taking revenge on him. Two years later, following a long search, she hones in within striking distance of the killer. Faced with such a dangerous adversary and her immobility, Eun-ah gathers four people marginalized by society, each with a different skill, to help her kill Jae-wook. In exchange, she is prepared to give them something they desperately need—her organs. All four accomplices—which include a North Korean defector, an ex-gangster, a doctor, and an engineer—are in need of organ transplants for various reasons, and Eun-ah promises them her organs once her revenge is complete. But things don't go as planned, and the killer turns the tables and starts hunting them himself.[10][11][12][13]

## Cast

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* Kim Sun-a as Go Eun-ah
* On Joo-wan as Oh Jae-wook
* Ma Dong-seok as Jang Dae-ho, ex-gangster
* Shin Jung-geun as Nam-cheol, engineer
* Jung In-gi as Cheol-min, doctor
* Lee Chung-ah as Park Jeong-ha, computer technician
* Park Hyo-joo as Hye-jin, Christian social worker
* Lee Yong-yi as Jeong-ha's mother
* Jo Han-cheol as Kim Seong-il, Eun-ah's husband
* Kim Hyun-soo as Kim Ga-young, Eun-ah's daughter
* Choi Hak-rak as Jeong-do
* Jung Soo-young as Dae-ho's wife
* Yeo Min-joo as Hyeon-joo, hospital patient
* Lee Jun-hyeok as Detective Park
* Park Ji-hong as Park Kyeong-soo, parking attendant
* Han Yeon-kyeong as Chae-young, Ga-young's school friend
* Lee Seung-hoon as Min-soo
* Go Bong-gu as Sang-gu
* Oh Min-ae as Baker
* Oh Man-seok as Loan shark boss
* Kim Gyeong-ran as Minimart owner
* Kim Min-kyu

## References

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1. ^ "The Fives (2013)".
2. ^ Tae, Sang-joon (25 November 2013). "JEONG Yeon-shik, Director of THE FIVES by TAE Sang-joon: Web Cartoonist Debuts Behind the Camera". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
3. ^ Yim, Seung-hye (6 December 2013). "Director takes new route to bring Fives to film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
4. ^ "The Five Kim Seon-ah synchronizes 100%". Hancinema. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
5. ^ Ho, Stewart (28 November 2012). "Kim Sun Ah in Discussion to Make Her Big Screen Return Through The Five". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
6. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (30 January 2013). "Kim Sun-a to make way back to the big screen". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
7. ^ Lee, Eun-ah (16 May 2013). "Actress Kim Sun-A's New Film Cranks Up". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
8. ^ "High Fives". Korea JoongAng Daily. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
9. ^ "Korean actresses no longer pretend to be pretty, weak, ingenuous". The Dong-A Ilbo. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
10. ^ "The Fives". M-Line Distribution. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
11. ^ Conran, Pierce (7 November 2013). "Review: One-Stop Korean Revenge Shop THE FIVE Is A Bloody Good Time". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
12. ^ Mudge, James (15 April 2014). "The Five (2013) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
13. ^ Song, Soon-jin (25 November 2013). "Box Office: November 7-20, 2013". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-07-07.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)
* The Five on Facebook (in Korean)
* The Five at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
* The Five at HanCinema
* The 5ive Hearts webtoon at Daum (in Korean)

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