Confession (2014 film)

Confession
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Lee Do-yun
Produced by	Lee Tae-hun Choi Nak-kwon
Written by	Lee Do-yun
Starring	Ji Sung Ju Ji-hoon Lee Kwang-soo
Music by	Jang Young-gyu
Cinematography	Yu Eok
Edited by	Steve M. Choe
Production company	Opus Pictures
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release dates	July 10, 2014
Running time	114 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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

Plot

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

• Ji Sung as Hyun-tae^[6]
  • Baek Seung-hwan as young Hyun-tae
• Ju Ji-hoon as In-chul
  • Jeon Ji-hwan as young In-chul
• Lee Kwang-soo as Min-soo^{[7][8][9][10]}
  • Ham Seong-min as young Min-soo
• Lee Hwi-hyang as Hyun-tae's mother
• Ki Gook-seo as Hyun-tae's father
• Choi Jin-ho as Lee 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-seong
• Park Sang-hyeon as Department head Kim
• Lee Young-soo as Detective Lee
• Nam Moon-cheol as Chief of police
• Kwak Min-seok as Center head
• Jeon In-geol as Assassin

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
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

1. Conran, Pierce (16 December 2013). "JU Ji-hoon, JI Sung and LEE Kwang-soo Team Up for New Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. 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. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
3. Kim, Hee-eun (13 June 2014). "Ji, Ju and Lee Good Friends after film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
4. Jin, Eun-soo (20 June 2014). "Masculinity, brutality themes of Confession". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
5. Jin, Eun-soo (4 July 2014). "Confession puts true friendship to the test". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
6. Lee, Sun-min (12 December 2013). "Ji to star in new movie Good Friends". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
7. Lee, Cory (11 December 2013). "Lee Kwang-soo to Display Deep Bromance with Ji Sung, Ju Ji-hoon". TenAsia. 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. 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. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
10. Ahn, Sung-mi (30 June 2014). "Herald Interview: Funnyman gets serious". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
11. Kim, June (12 November 2014). "The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

External links

• Official website (Korean)
• Good Friends on Twitter
  
  (Korean)
• Good Friends on Facebook (Korean)
• Confession at the Korean Movie Database
• Confession at the Internet Movie Database
• Confession at HanCinema