Train to Busan

Train to Busan Movie Details:

Train to Busan Movie Cast & Characters:

• Gong Yoo as Seok-woo, a fund manager whose wife left him because of his selfishness.
• Ma Dong-seok as Yoon Sang-hwa, husband of Seong-kyeong
• Jung Yu-mi as Seong-kyeong, Sang-hwa’s pregnant wife
• Kim Su-an as Su-an, the daughter of Seok-woo who wants to see her mom in Busan for her birthday.
• Choi Woo-shik as Min Yong-guk, a high school baseball player
• Sohee as Kim Jin-hee, Yong-guk’s girlfriend
• Kim Eui-sung as Yon-suk, a business executive
• Choi Gwi-hwa as a homeless man
• Jang Hyuk-jin as Ki-chul, a train attendant
• Park Myung-sin as Jong-gil, In-gil’s younger sister
• Ye Soo-jung as In-gil, the older sister of Jong-gil
• Jeong Seok-yong as the captain of the KTX
• Han Seong-soo as the KTX train Team Leader
• Kim Chang-hwan as Deputy Kim Jin-mo
• Shim Eun-kyung as a runaway girl
• Lee Joo-shil as Seok-woo’s mother and Su-an’s grandmother
• Woo Do im as Min-ji
• Cha Chung-hwa as Middle-aged woman
• Kim Joo-hun as Baseball coach
• Han Ji-eun as a Woman wearing headphones

Storyline:

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, some passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

About Train to Busan Movie:

Train to Busan (Korean: 부산행) is a South Korean action horror thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and written by Park Joo-suk. The film stars Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an, Choi Woo-shik, Ahn So-hee and Kim Eui-sung. It is the first installment of the Train to Busan film series.

Filming began on April 26, 2015, and was completed on August 19, 2015. The film was shot at various stations including Daejeon, Cheonan, and East Daegu.

The water deer in the movie was created using real footage of water deer and 3D modeling. The scenery seen outside the train was filmed using an LED plate rear screen technique behind the set, focusing on the characters. The blood vessels of the zombies were drawn with an airbrush. The zombies were styled differently depending on the progress of the infection.

According to reports Ma Dong-seok (the man with the pregnant wife) used to be Gong Yoo’s personal trainer.

Train to Busan premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2016. The film was released on July 20, 2016 in South Korea.

Train to Busan grossed $80.5 million in South Korea, $2.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.8 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $98.5 million.

It became the highest-grossing Korean film in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In South Korea, it recorded more than 11 million moviegoers and was the highest-grossing film of the year.

It is the first South Korean film to have a wide theatrical release in India in four languages: English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu, but not in the original language.

Ma Dong-seok was nominated for a 2017 Asian Film Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Sang-hwa.

The movie successfully launched the Train to Busan film series, with the animated prequel Seoul Station, also directed by Yeon Sang-ho, was released on August 18, 2016. A standalone sequel Peninsula was released on July 15, 2020. Peninsula is the second live-action feature film and the third overall installment in the Train to Busan film series.

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