Actress Han Hyo-Joo and actor So Ji-Sub attend a photocall for 'Always', the opening film of the 16th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) during the press conference at the Busan Cinema Center on October 6, 2011 in Busan, South Korea. (Photo : Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun)
Fans of "Oh My Venus" actor So Ji-Sub, who plays the role of Choi Chil-Sung in the upcoming "Battleship Island," recently brought a food buffet and coffee truck for the entire staff. The principal photography is taking place in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
On Aug. 22, Monday, the fans brought a food-coffee truck to offer an energy boost to the actors and staff members of the eagerly anticipated "Battleship Island" movie. The food-coffee cart treat was revealed through the coffee truck company's Instagram account.
A photo posted by 커피볶는김대리 (@coffee_mrkim) on Aug 23, 2016 at 2:38am PDT
With director Ryoo Seung-Wan at the helm, filming for "Battleship Island" began on June 17 and will most likely take six to seven months to wrap up. The upcoming historical film has been getting attention for both its A-list cast and the director's previous blockbuster films, including "Veteran" in 2015 and "The Berlin File" in 2013.
"I am happy that the first take went as smoothly as possible," director Ryoo told Han Cinema. "The filming will be tough as it progresses. I believe we will do a great job."
"Battleship Island" is set during the Japanese colonial era (1910-1945). It aims to highlight the inhumane conditions, under which more than 800 Korean workers worked in the coal mines on Gunkanjima, a remote island lying about 15 kilometers from the city of Nagasaki, Southern Japan.
"The Wailing" actor Hwang Jung Min will play the role of a hotel bandmaster, Lee Kang Ok, who thought he was being sent to Japan but instead was scammed and sent to the island. "Descendants of the Sun" actor Song Joong-Ki will play a soldier from the Korean Independence Army, Park Moo Young, who infiltrates the island to rescue an imperative figure of the independence movement against imperial Japan.
So, who is best known for his leading role in Jang Hoon's "Rought Cut" in 2008, takes on the role of Gyeongsong's best fighter, Choi Chil-Sung, who brought peace to the entire Jongno district. Singer-turned-actress Lee Jung Hyun has been cast as Mal Nyun, who was kept to serve as sex slaves to men in the Japanese military.
"Now that Korea and China share the scars from World War II, it is very likely that the movie will be released on the same day, both in Korea and China," an official from film distributor, CJ E&M, told Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily, as cited by The Kpop Herald. Check out the news preview below for more information.
