Kim Hyo-seo cast as Won Bin’s love interest

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The female lead has been cast for Won Bin‘s new movie Ajusshi [아.저.씨.], and it’s relative fresh face Kim Hyo-seo.

Ajusshi is the second film for director Lee Jung-beom, whose first was 2006’s Cruel Winter Blues, a “Korean-style noir” with Sol Kyung-gu and Jo Han-seon. Ajusshi garnered attention the moment Won Bin signed on, and interest grew with the casting of Yang Ik-joon, who drew a lot of notice for his 2008 film Breathless.

Kim Hyo-seo plays a nightclub dancer with a seven-year-old daughter who is the sole person able to open the heart of Won Bin’s lonely character, who has cut himself off from the rest of society. He is described as having “the instincts of a wild animal” and gives up everything for her in this action film.

Kim has had a number of roles in dramas and films like Style, You’re My Destiny and 2009 Hometown of Legends, but she is still a relative unknown. She has already landed her first leading role in the film Song of the Wind, but that movie has not yet been released. Ajusshi is aiming for a summer release, and will begin filming at the end of December.

Via Munhwa Journal 21, TV Report

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