Anchor (film) explained
| Anchor |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Jung Ji-yeon |
| Screenplay: | Jung Ji-yeon |
| Starring: | |
| Studio: | Insight Film
About Film |
| Distributor: | Ace Maker Movie Works[1] |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Gross: | US$1.30 million[2] |
Anchor 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: '내년엔 꼭 보고 싶다'…기대작 쟁여놓은 2021 韓영화 라인업. Kang Hyo-jin. 'I want to see you next year'... 2021 Korean movie lineup with high expectations. Spotify News. Naver. December 31, 2020. March 21, 2022. ko.
- Web site: KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2022. June 4, 2022. KOFIC.
- Web site: [공식] 천우희 주연 스릴러 '앵커', 4월 20일 개봉 확정]. Jo Ji-young. [Official] Thriller 'Anchor' starring Chun Woo-hee to be released on April 20th. Sports Chosun. Naver. March 21, 2022. March 21, 2022. ko.
- Web site: [단독] 이혜영·천우희, ‘앵커’로 뭉친다]. Lee Da-won. [Exclusive] Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee to unite as 'Anchor'. August 26, 2019. March 21, 2022. ko.
- Web site: 신하균 측 "영화 ‘앵커’ 출연 확정"…이혜영·천우희 만난다(공식입장). Kim No-eul. Shin Ha-kyun confirmed to appear in the movie 'Anchor'... Lee Hye-young and Chun Woo-hee meet (official position). MK Sports. Naver. September 23, 2019. March 21, 2022. ko.
- Web site: [Cine Review] 'Anchor', a freshly creepy psychological pressure mystery thriller ]. Spotify News. . 27 April 2022.
- Web site: '아나운서 출신' 은솔, 영화 '앵커' 캐스팅. Lee Seung-rok. 'Announcer' Eunsol casts for movie 'Anchor'. My Daily. Naver. March 23, 2022. March 23, 2022. ko.
- Web site: '앵커' 천우희 X 신하균 X 이혜영 막강 캐스팅으로 뉴스룸의 서스펜스 펼친다!. Kim Kyung-hee. MBC Entertainment. Naver. November 12, 2019. March 21, 2022. ko.
- Web site: KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망(2) . 2024-05-20 . www.kobis.or.kr.
